Unions have lost the PR-battle, leaving courts as their only hope for stopping meaningful reforms
Voters in several states recently elected governors and legislators who are determined to reform public education and increase educational opportunities for families and children.
Those officials have passed groundbreaking legislation to meet those goals, despite the opposition of teachers unions. [...]
Young “Teach for America” recruits succeed where the rest of the district has failed
When it comes to effective teaching, seniority doesn’t mean squat.
That’s the lesson Hoosiers are learning from the results of student test scores in Indiana’s largest school district, Indianapolis Public Schools.
Last week state officials released the results of their annual [...]
Union leaders want to keep kids trapped in public schools as guaranteed clientele for union teachers
This morning, the Indiana State Teachers Association filed a lawsuit in Marion Superior Court to block the implementation of the state’s new school voucher program.
ISTA is hoping to block the program on grounds that it violates the separation [...]
Union insurance scam remains unresolved after more than a year
It’s Indiana’s public school money, and schools need it now.
That adaptation of the J.G. Wentworth slogan was echoed again this week when the Crown Point school board voted unanimously to file suit against the now defunct Indiana State Teachers Association Insurance Trust.
ISTA Insurance [...]
The bill, as intended, would only grant raises to teachers whose students are learning
Indiana residents who believe their public schools need a shot in the arm should be pleased by the recent performance of the state’s General Assembly.
Last week the General Assembly passed, and the governor signed, historic legislation limiting collective bargainig powers for teachers [...]
Senate testimony about charter schools full of misinformation
Who would have thought that giving Indiana families more control over their children’s education would be seen as a bad thing?
But that’s how charter school opponents framed yesterday’s discussion about House Bill 1002, legislation that would increase the number of charters schools throughout Indiana.
During testimony given [...]
Teacher unions have turned public education into private financial playground
During last month’s State of the Union address, President Obama spoke of the need for new investments in public education. But with another public school spending scandal unfolding in Chicago, taxpayers are right to question just what they are getting in return for all the [...]
”Kids Aren’t Cars” is a new short film series set for national release today. Using examples from the Midwest, the films expose the negative impact organized labor has had on the American education system, imposing a one-size-fits-all assembly line model that leaves students behind and treats teachers as interchangeable and indistinguishable workers, no better [...]
