Schools spend most of their money on labor, so that’s where the savings should come from
Pennsylvania schools are in serious financial trouble.
Across the state, thousands of teachers and other school employees have received layoff notices, and several districts are considering switching to four-day school weeks.
This type of cost-cutting is not necessary.
Local teachers unions [...]
Citizens’ group helped craft Neshaminy’s teacher contract proposal
Far too often, taxpayers are kept in the dark when their school district engages in contract negotiations with the local teachers union. Both the union and the school board forget that taxpayers actually own the schools and have a right to know how their money is being [...]
Union gets annual raise, virtually-free health insurance while residents get higher taxes, class sizes
The Highlands Education Association’s recent decision to reject a temporary pay freeze that would have helped the Highlands school district dig out of its $5 million budget hole makes it clear that the union cares only about its narrow, financial self-interests.
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The union said “no” to a pay freeze, forcing the school board to eliminate jobs and cut programs
Public school teachers like to say they make a big difference in the lives of their students.
But in many school districts across the nation, union teachers are forcing their students to suffer the consequences of a [...]
Union stubbornness may result in larger class sizes, property tax increase
Earlier this week, the North Penn Education Association voted against accepting a six-month pay freeze that would have saved the district enough money to keep the district’s teaching staff fully employed for the 2011-12 school year.
The union’s refusal left school board members with [...]
From Pennsylvania to Oregon, unions want more money even if it results in kids doing with less
For decades, the nation’s teacher unions have billed themselves as the defenders of public education. Americans were told that the unions only wanted to strengthen public schools for the sake of the students.
The unions continually pressed for [...]
