Tag Archives: American Federation of Teachers

Around the Horn*

By Victor | Published: April 6, 2012

     MICHIGAN: A tea party group in Michigan’s Livingston County is attempting to recruit candidates to run for area school boards. The group wants to prevent the state’s largest teachers’ union – the Michigan Education Association – from electing union-friendly candidates who use their positions to push the MEA’s agenda.

     “For a number of years, [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @EAGnews, AFT, California Teachers Association, collective bargaining, Daily Caller, education reform, Jerry Brown, Kristin Martin, MEA, Michigan Education Association, National Education Association, NEA, Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association, Palm Beach Post, PBCCTA, Powell Elementary School, Randi Weingarten, REA, Rockford Education Association, teachers unions | Leave a comment

Sweet reforms, Alabama

By Victor | Published: April 6, 2012

    Next Monday, an Alabama school board will decide the fate of Drew Faircloth and Alicia Brown, two elementary teachers who allegedly ridiculed a 10-year-old student who suffers from cerebral palsy.

    Melisha Salinas claims the two teachers not only mocked her son for drooling (something he has no control over), but barely spent any time [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @EAGnews, ABC News, AFT, Alicia Brown, bad teachers, collective bargaining, Craig Pouncey, Drew Faircloth, education reform, Melisha Salinas, National Education Association, NEA, Students First Act, teacher tenure, teachers union | Leave a comment

Detroit students protest inadequate education

By Victor | Published: April 6, 2012

Excessive teacher absences, lack of homework is jeopardizing their futures

By Ben Velderman
EAG Communications

     DETROIT – According to students at Detroit Public Schools’ Frederick Douglass Academy, it’s become commonplace for large numbers of teachers to be absent at the same time, resulting in a teacher shortage. When that occurs, students are forced to spend their [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @EAGnews, AFT, collective bargaining, Detroit Federation of Teachers, Detroit News, Detroit Public Schools, DFT, education reform, student protest, teachers union | 1 Comment

Did Connecticut school fire parent union president due to her education reform activism?

By Victor | Published: April 4, 2012

By Ben Velderman
EAG Communications
     NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A day after hosting a pro-education reform rally at the state capitol, the president of the Connecticut Parents Union was fired from her job as a workshop presenter with New Haven Public Schools’ Head Start Program.

     CTPU President Gwen Samuel believes the local teachers union – the [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, AFT, Connecticut Parents Union, CTPU President Gwen Samuel, EAG, Education Action Group, Gesell Institute of Child Development, Michelle Rhee, New Haven Public Schools' Head Start Program, Parent trigger, Randi Weingarten, StudentsFirst, teachers union | Leave a comment

Education reformers send Wisconsin teachers union a message

By Victor | Published: April 4, 2012

     Education reformers with the group READER-WI (Reforming Education And Demanding Excellent Results) sent a message to taxpayers and union officials by way of a billboard on the Beltline near WEAC headquarters in Madison.

     The humongous sign depicts a bummed-out school girl with a famous quote from former American Federation of teachers President Albert Shanker: [...]

Posted in Daily Updates, Uncategorized | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, Act 10, Albert Shanker, collective bargaining, EAG, Education Action Group, education reform, Gov. Scott Walker, Isthmus, Jeff Waksman, National Education Association, NEA, READER-WI, teachers union, WEAC, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin teachers union | Leave a comment

Oklahoma teachers unions want to water down legislation that would save public schools from collective bargaining

By Victor | Published: April 2, 2012

If union bosses succeed, they’ll nulify the intent of the bill
Victor Skinner
EAG Communications

     OKLAHOMA CITY – Big Labor lobbyists are working overtime to water down a proposed law that would give local public school boards the option of voiding collective bargaining agreements with their local teachers union.

     Lobbyists with the Oklahoma Education Association and the American [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, AFT, charter schools, collective bargaining, Education Action Group, OEA, Oklahoma American Federation of Teachers, Oklahoma Education Association, SB 1530, School District Empowerment Program Oklahoma, Sen. John Ford, teachers union | Leave a comment

Students assigned to dig for dirt on GOP

By Victor | Published: March 30, 2012

A recent civics assignment has stirred up quite a controversy throughout the state of Virginia. The Daily Caller reports that Liberty Middle School teacher Michael Denman “recently forced his (Civics Honor’s) students to support President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign by conducting opposition research in class against the Republican candidates.”

Students were instructed to look [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, AFT, Barack Obama, collective bargaining, EAG, Education Action Group, Fairfax County Federation of Teachers, indoctrination, Liberty Middle School, Michael Denman, National Education Association, NEA, teacher tenure, teachers union, The Daily Caller, VEA, Virginia Education Association | Leave a comment

Tennessee lawmakers to parents: Mind your own business!

By Victor | Published: March 30, 2012

Efforts to keep the public from inspecting teacher ratings hit high gear in legislature

By Ben Velderman
EAG Communications

     NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For the first time ever, Tennessee is basing a portion of a teacher’s evaluation on student test data.

     Test scores will be combined with a principal’s classroom observations to create an overall score for teachers, [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, AFT, EAG, Education Action Group, education reform, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Michael Bloomberg, Michael Mulgrew, National Education Association, NEA, New York City teachers union, NYC public schools, teacher rankings, teacher scores, teachers union, Tennessee Department of Education, Tennessee Education Association, UFT, United Federation of Teachers | Leave a comment

School officials must face facts: Union concessions necessary to balance budgets

By Victor | Published: March 29, 2012

By Steve Gunn
EAG Communications

     EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – ‘Tis the season for teachers union contract negotiations in school districts across America, and the process will remain extremely difficult this year.

     That’s because thousands of public school districts remain in financial jeopardy, with budget deficits running in the six and seven figures. Rising costs, declining enrollment, cuts [...]

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Around the horn – ed reform update from around the nation

By Victor | Published: March 23, 2012

     GEORGIA: Some Atlanta public school teachers who were implicated in last year’s cheating scandal are choosing to quietly resign instead of appearing in front of a termination tribunal, reports 11Alive.com.

     The teachers have been on administrative leave – and the district’s payroll – since last July, costing taxpayers $1 million a month. Why were [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, AFT, Atlanta cheating scandal, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, collective bargaining, Columbus Dispatch, EAG, Education Action Group, education reform, National Education Association, NEA, SEA, Springfield Education Association, teachers unions | Leave a comment

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