TALAHASSEE, Fla. – What’s happened to Florida Gov. Rick Scott?
When Scott took office earlier this year, he wasted no time establishing himself as a bold education reformer by placing limits on teacher tenure, basing teacher pay on student achievement, and increasing the number of charter schools.
Scott deserves credit for getting those [...]
MONROE, Ohio – What a difference a month makes.
On November 8, over 60 percent of Ohio voters shot down SB 5, the law designed to save school budgets by limiting the collective bargaining privileges of school employee unions.
Like their Big Labor brethren, teacher unions rejoiced over SB 5’s demise. They knew that [...]
BUFFALO – Efforts to turn around Buffalo’s worst schools are coming to a boil, and the city’s teachers union is in hot water.
Earlier this year, Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore pulled his support at the last minute from the district’s plan to transfer hundreds of teachers out of their current buildings. It was [...]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A lot of California citizens are tired of special interest money and influence dominating state government.
And a lot of California union members are tired of having their dues money donated to political candidates and causes they don’t support.
That’s why a lot of folks in the Golden State have signed [...]
MINNEAPOLIS – Last week marked the beginning of contract talks between Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, the local teachers union.
But this time around there’s a third voice that wants input at the bargaining table.
A coalition of concerned citizens is hoping to pressure the school board and the teachers [...]
MUSKEGON, Mich. – We’ve always known that teachers unions are very political organizations, and many of their more radical members are active in left-wing causes.
That’s their right, as long as they pursue their activities after school.
But more and more American K-12 teachers are bringing their politics into the classroom, brazenly acknowledging their [...]
NESHAMINY, Pa. – Some well-meaning people still cling to the notion that teachers union collective bargaining is healthy for public schools.
We invite them to visit Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, or at least do some research on the three-year labor standoff that has been tearing the school district and community to shreds.
Neshaminy teachers are [...]
ST. LOUIS – Union leaders call the payments a good investment for retaining quality teachers.
But taxpayers and school officials are beginning to view reimbursement for employees’ unused sick days – a common perk in teacher and administrator contracts across the country – as an unnecessary expense for schools struggling under heavy labor costs.
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