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 [...]
MUSKEGON, Mich. – Yesterday, National Public Radio Education Correspondent Larry Abramson phoned Education Action Group to ask about our activities related to Issue 2 in Ohio, the referendum on the collective bargaining reform that was defeated at the polls Tuesday. Specifically, he inquired about our “canvassing and mobilization” efforts.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, EAG [...]
By Steve Gunn
EAG Communications
COLUMBUS, Ohio - There are two important lessons to be gleaned from Tuesday’s catastrophic election results in Ohio:
It’s unwise to make major changes to longtime state policy without first educating the public.
And once you’ve riled up the big money leadership of Big Labor, you shouldn’t spend weeks yawning and stretching before preparing to fight back.
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HARRISBURG, Penn. – Comedian Jerry Seinfeld once observed that ending a bad relationship “is like knocking over a Coke machine. You can’t do it in one push. You’ve got to rock it back and forth a few times, and then it goes over.”
Banning teacher strikes in the 12 states that still allow them [...]
Taxpayers, students benefitting from unions’ newfound spirit of cooperation
Like most Ohio school districts, the Lordstown Local School District was facing chronic budget deficits for the foreseeable future. According to school board President Mark McGrail, a major culprit was the explosion of health insurance costs.
In a conversation with Education Action Group, McGrail said the [...]
Pending law persuades teachers, school employees to make contract concessions
In just over two months, Ohio citizens will decide the fate of Senate Bill 5, the pending law that would strip public sector employees of many collective bargaining privileges. Even though SB 5 has not taken effect, it continues to yield favorable results for Ohio [...]
Failing schools don’t have a monopoly on ineffective teachers
Beginning sometime next year, the state of Ohio will begin testing the competency of teachers who work in the bottom 10 percent of the state’s public schools. Teachers will be tested for proficiency in their subject area to ensure they are qualified to teach students.
The [...]
