Union counters with lawsuit to prevent its members from cooperating with the district
The Education Action Group has long argued that the Chicago Teachers Union cares more about money and political power than it does about what’s best for students.
Now, the CTU’s abject selfishness has become obvious even to its rank-and-file members.
Last Friday, [...]
National conference an attempt to dupe reformers into working with conflict-loving unions
After years of obstructing efforts to reform public education, the nation’s teacher unions are using this week’s national education conference in Denver to push for a spirit of “collaboration” among education reformers and teacher unions.
It’s too bad that the unions’ new-found interest in “working [...]
There’s a weird thing happening in public education. Hardcore unions are attempting to rebrand themselves as “professional organizations.” In fact, the American Federation of Teachers bills itself as “A union of professionals.”
Both the AFT and the larger National Education Association attempt to portray themselves as associations yet negotiate collective bargaining agreements and oftentimes act like [...]
