Public Education
New York just let teachers unions off the hook for failing public schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) â New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently repealed a key law that required schools to consider overall student performance when evaluating teachers, marking a significant win… Read More
Public Education
Critics blast the nationâs largest labor union for putting politics before academicsAmid criticism that public schools are failing to educate students, their teachersâ unions seem focused on politics more than the classroom, critics say. âIf you had any doubts about the… Read More
Public Education
âWin all the things!â Teachersâ union president speech is all about activism, not educationAt the National Education Association convention, union president Becky Pringle spent half an hour raving about politics and social justice â with hardly a word on the issues facing everyday… Read More
Culture
Marxist state rep loses Colorado Democratic primaryThe state representative who helped author the Colorado Education Associationâs (CEA) anti-capitalism plank last year lost his bid to stay in the state House. The defeat… Read More
Public Education
Portland teachersâ union backs off anti-Israel advocacy amid backlashThe Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) has removed several controversial documents promoting anti-Israel views from its website in response to community pushback. One document the Portland,… Read More
Public Education
Teachersâ union boss claims conservatives are against black literacy; data disagreesThe Chicago teachersâ union boss has stumbled into a firestorm for claiming conservatives donât want black children to learn how to read. Stacey Davis Gates made… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Teachers Union demands $1.7B for âclimate champions and gender support coordinatorsâ as deficit loomsAlready facing a $400 million budget deficit, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is demanding 4,650 new staff positions at Chicago Public Schools (CPS) at a cost… Read More
Public Education
Portland teachersâ union faces firestorm from Jewish community for promoting pro-Palestinian instructionThe Portland teachersâ union has released a social justice guidebook encouraging educators to promote pro-Palestinian sentiments in their classrooms. The guidebook claims Portland Public School… Read More
Public Education
California teacher suing his own union for anti-white racismA white Sacramento-area teacher is suing his local teachersâ union for racial discrimination. Isaac Newman, a high school social science teacher in the Elk Grove Unified School District, filed the… Read More
Opinion
Oops! Teachersâ union boss Randi Weingarten unintentionally endorses school choiceRandi Weingarten, the infamous head of a national teachersâ union, has accidentally endorsed school choice. âChase Moore, fellow panelist and special assistant to @whitehouse said that zip code should not… Read More
Public Education
‘Teachers are tired of being a piggy bankâ: Florida educators will vote for new representationThe battle between rival teachersâ unions is heating up in Florida, where local educators will have the final say. Floridaâs Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) announced on May 14 that… Read More
Government
Opponents call measure ‘union propaganda’ that could be taught in Illinois schools(The Center Square) â A measure seeking to allow high schools around Illinois to observe an annual âWorkplace Readiness Weekâ is ready to be sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk. … Read More
Public Education
Teachers union boots school counselor who questioned gender policies: Report(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A teachersâ union in Minnesota expelled an elementary school counselor who expressed concerns about her districtâs trans-identified studentsâ policy, The Christian Post reported Saturday. The… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Teachers Union demands $50B in salary hikes, free abortions and moreThe Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has issued a 142-page list of demands to Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that includes unconventional items ranging from free abortions to… Read More
Public Education
National teachersâ union losing members by the thousandsThe National Education Association is losing members by the thousands, and critics blame its political spending for alienating teachers. The NEA â Americaâs largest teachersâ union â lost over 12,000… Read More
Public Education
Parents file $100M unfair labor practice complaint vs. Portland teachersâ union over 2023 strikeParents have filed an unfair labor complaint against the Portland teachersâ union, claiming its strike last November was illegal and necessitates restitution for the harmed families. The… Read More
Public Education
Teachersâ unions quietly support GOP candidates they like, but avoid endorsing them(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Teachersâ Unions are quietly propping up Republican candidates in state legislatures with less conservative positions, while abstaining from endorsing them publicly. These unions, including the… Read More
Public Education
Leaked document details Chicago Teachers’ Unionâs radical, left-wing demands costing $50 billionA leaked document from the Chicago Teachers Union details its bargaining demands, including full abortion coverage, carbon neutral schools, and paid leave for victims of verbal assault on social media. … Read More
Government
Californiaâs âanti-literacyâ teachersâ union opposes science of reading bill, critics sayThe largest teachersâ union in California opposes reading reforms because it wants the bar to remain low, some education policy experts say. The California Teachers Association (CTA) is openly opposing… Read More
Public Education
Third-largest teachers union faces demise of its own making(The Daily Signal) â In a frantic attempt to preserve its monopoly over the Miami-Dade County Public Schools, attorneys for the Florida union currently representing the districtâs 24,000-plus teachers and support… Read More