Archive for April 2018
Arizona Strike by Any Other Name Still a Strike
Arizona teacher union officials continue the illegal strike and deny it is a strike. Howard Fischer has the story in Arizona Daily Sun. The teacher strike enters its third day Monday as educators remain dissatisfied with the pay hike proposal by Gov. Doug Ducey and many schools remain closed despite threats by the Goldwater Institute to sue.…
Read MoreTrenton Education Association Spars With NJEA on Charter School
Trenton Education Association union officials cannot see the New Jersey Education Association’s (NJEA) decision to support charter schools is simply a power play to grab keep members, and for the time being, nonmembers. David Foster has the story in the Trentonian. But there is an all-out war brewing in the capital city between the New Jersey Education…
Read MoreTrue Educational Freedom Doesn’t Come About With Strikes
Everyone knows attendance at school is mandatory, at least for students. The spate of strikes could cause parents to look more favorably on school choice as a result of schools being closed and teacher attendance becoming unreliable. That is to say nothing of school administrators who colluded with teacher union officials to bring these strikes…
Read More-Professional Oklahoma Educators: “Our Students Need Their Teachers”
Not all teachers are participating in the illegal Oklahoma strike, just as not all teachers went on strike in West Virginia. Ginger Tinney, Executive Director of Professional Oklahoma Educators, the largest Nonunion professional educator group in Oklahoma, takes a stand against the illegal strike currently in its fourth day. The AP article appears on 7 News…
Read MoreWhoa! We Owe, We Owe!
Mike Antonucci reviews the financial health of the National Education Association after its dreamy promises to its own staff union members in the74million.org. More money would normally be good news for the union, but it comes with more problems. As revenues have increased, NEA and its affiliates have promised its own employees more and better benefits.…
Read MoreSuperintendent Collusion with Teacher Unions No Surprise
The fact that many superintendents have closed schools in Oklahoma, West Virginia and other states is really no surprise. There is a union for superintendents entitled American Federation of School Administrators, a trade union (Wikipedia’s words, not mine) which represents public school principals, vice principals, administrators, and supervisors in the United States. The trade union…
Read MoreNo End In Sight for Illegal Oklahoma Strike
There is no end in sight for the strike, particularly when Oklahoma school superintendents are picketing right along with teacher union officials. Even striking teachers are concerned their efforts can survive if parents and school administrators stop supporting their action. Michelle Hackman has the story in the Wall Street Journal. Thousands of Oklahoma teachers surrounded the…
Read MoreWhere Teacher Salary Money Goes
Benjamin Scafidi examines where teacher salary money goes on Fox News.com. The answer centers around school choice and a lack of student achievement. West Virginia, which has become a national flashpoint, makes for a good case study, and one available in my recent report for EdChoice, “Back to the Staffing Surge.” Like virtually all states, West Virginia has significantly…
Read MoreStudy Destroys Teacher Union Officials’ Myth
Augustina S. Paglayan debunks teacher union officials’ myth that monopoly bargaining guarantees higher salaries for teachers. That is also teacher union officials’ greatest wish, as that is also their biggest piece of propaganda, that they procure higher salaries and benefits with their monopoly power. The story is in the Washington Post. Some observers believe weak labor rights are…
Read MoreOklahoma Teacher Union Officials Stick to Strike Threat
Ben Felder (NewsOK.com) and John Bacon (USA Today) report some facts about the Oklahoma teacher union official strike, including that the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA) has hired a paid consultant. More than 40,000 teachers and thousands of support staff across Oklahoma pledged to walk off their jobs Monday despite a $6,100 teacher pay raise rushed through the Legislature and…
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