Teacher unions
Teacher union wants to place teachers above "normal" citizens
Read moreUnions vs. students: Teachers get paid not to work
Unions vs. students: Nevada teacher union just fine with larger class sizes
A "Master's" pay despite no relationship to achievement
In the Clark County School District (CCSD), teachers with a master's degree earn an extra $5,655 annually, while teachers who also have an advanced certification receive $8,845 more. Nationwide, most school district contracts provide higher salaries based on extra coursework and advanced degrees. Indeed, it is estimated that about half of all teachers in the United States have such an advanced degree.
Milwaukee shows school choice works
Milwaukee's school-choice program is the grandfather of voucher programs in the United States. As such it is often a target of left-wing anti-choice groups (primarily teacher unions) that work very hard to prove that school choice fails.
Will Horsford stop the NSEA from preventing true ed reform?
In a recent Las Vegas Sun article, Nevada State Education Association President Lynn Warne criticizes State Senator Steven Horsford (D). "If he represents the children," said Warne, "why has he represented them in such a way that has left them sitting in overcrowded classrooms with lack of supplies and teaching materials?"
How will teachers' unions respond to robot teachers?
Many Americans seem upset that jobs are being "outsourced" overseas. Others are upset with Mexicans who immigrate, legally or otherwise, and are taking "American jobs." Both groups are worried about cheap labor "taking our jobs."
Judgment Day...for bad teachers.
Democrats try to kill school choice in D.C.
Breaking news from Dan Lips and Robert Enlow, writing for National Review: Democrats have a $450 billion omnibus bill which has a provision to eliminate the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship program—a voucher program which helps 1,700 low-income students attend private schools of their choice.
Teachers union against educational standards before it was for them
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers—one of the largest teacher unions in the country—recently published an opinion article in the Washington Post stating that she favors strong national education standards.
