Public Education
Legal watchdog: Teachers’ union appears to not pay taxes on political spending(The Center Square) â For four years, leaders of the American Federation of Teachers union toured the country doing political rallies for Democrats. Among the dozens of political events they… Read More
Public Education
Nearly 50,000 students forced to stay home while Portland teachers strike for 20% pay hikePortland teachers walked the picket lines forcing school closures Wednesday, leaving thousands of families of students scrambling for arrangements. Portland Public Schools closed the doors of 81 schools this week… Read More
Public Education
Oakland teachers union calls Israel ‘apartheid’ and ‘genocidal’(The Center Square) â Leaders of the Oakland Education Association in Oakland, California, called on school leaders to stand in solidarity with Palestinians and called for a ceasefire as tensions… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: South Carolina teachers’ union out to deprive students of learning options(The Daily Signal) â Barely six months after South Carolina lawmakers approved legislation allowing K-12 students to customize their education, the state affiliate of the National Education Association is… Read More
Public Education
Portland teachersâ union to strike this week unless demands are met, including big pay raisesPortland teachers are expected to strike this week, leaving 45,000 students out of classrooms, unless the school district agrees to a costly list of demands it calls “unfeasible.” Portland Public… Read More
Legislation
Memo reveals how teachers’ union worked on bill to keep sexually explicit books in schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Democratic lawmakers privately negotiated with the nationâs largest teachers union to craft a bill intended to combat bans of sexually explicit books in schools, according… Read More
Public Education
Union boss Randi Weingarten fought in-person learning for months, keeps repeating claim she wanted schools to reopenThe president of the American Federation of Teachers is continuing to claim she advocated for schools to reopen during the pandemic, despite evidence to the contrary. âWeâve always advocated for… Read More
Public Education
Portland teachersâ union prepares to strike, wants CRT professional development and universal pre-KAn Oregon teachersâ union is currently preparing to strike after the school district refused to meet its demands critics say are outrageous. Despite… Read More
Culture
Linking school choice to segregation part of âliberal lies,â says Sen. Tim Scott. Data backs him upTeachersâ unions and some public school activists like to argue school choice is a modern form of segregation, a claim Sen. Tim Scott calls a lie. Read More
Public Education
Teacher ‘sickout strike’ illegal, says judge who ordered it to end; union appeals to Nevada Supreme CourtA Nevada judge issued Clark County School District (CCSD) a court order Wednesday against teachersâ union educators holding a âsickout strike,â where healthy teachers call in sick, which the judge… Read More
Public Education
Randi Weingarten compares âparental rightsâ and âchoiceâ to racial segregation(Daily Caller News Foundation) â American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten compared âparental rightsâ and school âchoiceâ to language used by racial segregationists during an interview on Tuesday. Weingarten… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Teachers Union leader opposed school choice, reportedly sends her child to private schoolMany leaders who oppose school choice have been known to send their children to private schools. This includes both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala… Read More
Public Education
New Biden book says he kept schools locked down to appease union boss WeingartenA new book alleges that President Joe Biden changed his plans to reopen schools after meeting with union boss Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). “For… Read More
Public Education
Colorado teachersâ union allegedly tells schools to destroy gender identity recordsA division of the Colorado Education Association (CEA) reportedly told the Jefferson County School District to destroy records regarding childrenâs gender identities to avoid legal scrutiny. â[I]f you do a… Read More
Public Education
Geography of school choice part IV: Power politics of teachersâ unionsThe political opposition of teachersâ unions must be considered as a major factor in why school choice deserts exist in Western states, education reformers say. â[Teachersâ unions] have basically captured… Read More
Public Education
Washington state teachers’ unions strike as school starts, forcing closuresTwo teachersâ unions in Washington are on strike, preventing nearly 30,000 students from starting school. Roughly 450 educators from the Camas School District began to strike on Monday over teacher pay… Read More
Public Education
Marxist teacher chose by select Democrat committee insiders for seat for Colorado General AssemblyTim HernĂĄndez, the teachersâ union activist in Colorado who advocated for an anti-capitalist plank, was picked to fill a vacancy in the Colorado Legislature. HernĂĄndez, who is an avowed Marxist,… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ unions trained educators to âinject gender ideology politicsâ into classrooms, says report(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Wednesday report claimed that the largest teachers unions in the United States worked to âinject gender ideology politicsâ into classrooms, according to the Defense… Read More
Legislation
State GOP devises plan to limit influence of âwokeâ teachers unions(The Daily Signal) â The Alabama Republican Party is on the verge of prohibiting some GOP candidates from accepting campaign donations from the Alabama Education Association, the predominant … Read More
Public Education
Extended school closures pushed by teachers unions created âgenerational learning loss,â say house panel witnesses(The Daily Signal) â A generation of American students have fallen behind academically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the forced school closures that took place… Read More