Public Education
Lawsuit challenges Minneapolis Public Schools’ teachers union contract structuring layoffs by race(The Center Square) â Minneapolis Public Schools is being sued after its teacher’s union contract made national news by prioritizing layoffs by race and not seniority. The nonprofit Judicial… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma governor questions the legality of payroll deductions for teachers’ union dues(The Center Square) â Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered the State Department of Education to check payroll deductions for union dues to ensure they complied with state and federal law. … Read More
Public Education
$190,000 payout for Sacramento Antifa-supporting teacher to resign has critics pointing to union clout(The Center Square) â Reports that a California school teacher who was aligned with Antifa was paid $190,000 to resign this year are sparking outrage, leading critics to say it… Read More
Government
DeSantisâ message on education freedom is resonating in battleground states, teacher union poll finds(The Center Square) â Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisâ message of education freedom â including empowering parents, banning âwokeâ curriculum, and ensuring education transparency â are all policies that are resonating… Read More
Public Education
Education doesnât appear a priority for the nationâs largest teacher union(The Sentinel) â Last year the top priority of the National Education Association â the nationâs largest teacherâs union â appeared to be implementing the ideas behind the controversial… Read More
Public Education
Critics blast Biden plan for 250,000 tutors to correct learning losses that he and supporters helped causePresident Biden has promised to fix learning losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, though critics argue his administration created the gap to begin with. Pandemic learning losses prompted the… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Teachersâ union president calls for members to âfightâ for abortion and LGBT agenda, against prayer in schools and gun rights for AmericansWith all the sophistication and pep of a high school graduation speech, the president of the nationâs largest teachersâ union called on her gathered members âto build our powerâ… Read More
Public Education
Leaked social media posts show how Chicago Teachers Union leaders smuggled woke ideology into school lessonsSocial media posts by Chicago Teachers Union members and executives describe how they covertly insert far-left woke indoctrination into their lessons.  The alarming Facebook posts in… Read More
Public Education
Gubernatorial candidate Kleefisch slams Evers following emails showing union influence on school reopenings(The Center Square) â There are new questions about who is running public schools in Wisconsin following the release of emails between Gov. Tony Evers and the stateâs largest teachersâ… Read More
Public Education
CDC documents show it followed union wishes, not science, in its COVID-19 masking policiesCoordination between the CDC and labor unions, including teachersâ unions, over pandemic policy guidance was deeper than originally thought. According to an internal calendar provided to Fox News Digital… Read More
Public Education
Teachers union urges Washington Supreme Court to uphold capital gains tax(The Center Square) â The Washington Education Association has filed a brief with the state Supreme Court that calls for opening the door to the imposition of… Read More
Public Education
Head of teachersâ union accuses Republicans of âbrutalizingâ public school proponents and âterrorizing gay familiesâAmerican Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten made a number of accusations about Republicans over the weekend in a segment about education issues on MSNBC. Talking… Read More
Public Education
GOP leaders look to squash union’s ‘burdensome’ ways in North Carolina school-choice case(The Center Square) â Republicans in the General Assembly want the North Carolina Court of Appeals to halt proceedings in a lower court challenge to the Opportunity Scholarship Program until… Read More
Public Education
Op-Ed: Mask mandate is gone for most Illinois schools, but teachers unions still demand more power over kids, parents(The Center Square) â Illinoisâ largest teachers unions in the past two pandemic years have shown their priority is power, not studentsâ welfare or parentsâ rights. In 2020-2021, the Chicago… Read More
Public Education
Charter school teacher gets refund from teachers union that seized dues(The Center Square) â A California union has backed down after facing a potential legal action threatened by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on behalf of a… Read More
Public Education
Teachers unions spent big to get mandates and closures in Illinois(Brett Rowland | The Center Square) â Teacher unions have used campaign spending, political organization and collective bargaining power to influence policy decisions during the pandemic. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and… Read More
Government, Public Education
Critics say Twitter suspension is latest attempt by teachers union to silence conservative voicesA conservative education news and policy group was hit with a Twitter suspension last week after a teachers union board member reported the account. Critics say itâs one… Read More
Public Education
Parents sue Chicago Teachers Union over school closures, ‘illegal strike’(Dan McCaleb | The Center Square) â Seven parents of Chicago Public Schools students are suing the district’s teachers union, calling this week’s closure of schools over union claims they were… Read More
Public Education
91% of Chicago Teachers Union members plan on pushing for remote learning after winter breakThe Chicago Teachers Union is expected to vote on Tuesday about whether to defy orders from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to return to in-person instruction. The union urged… Read More
Public Education
Subjects of IEA video call it âpropaganda,â say teachers unions upset parents are standing up(Greg Bishop | The Center Square) â A political video published by the Illinois Education Association is being criticized as propaganda by the targets of the production. The six-minute narrated… Read More