Teacher unions
CCSD's $600 million budget-cut deception
'Whopping cuts' turn out to be district whoppers - told to parents, press and lawmakers
Parents, press and lawmakers taken for a ride by CCSD.
Parents to the rescue
Parent-trigger laws are meant to rescue children from failing schools
Parent-trigger laws are designed to rescue children from failing schools.
Crisis on the Left
Helping the underprivileged means education reform, which unions don't like
Helping the underprivileged means education reform, which unions don't like.
Teachers are able to drop CCEA membership from July 1 to 15
Little-known window gives teachers option to save $768 a year
Little-known two-week window gives teachers the option to save $768 a year.
Why binding arbitration must go: CCEA union wins by stalling
Teachers who lack seniority will go first, not bad teachers
CCEA victory also means layoffs will occur based on seniority.
A dozen empirically verified things to know about public school teachers
Important research from Nevada's new Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nevada's new Superintendent of Public Instruction provides important research.
Protecting bad teachers job No. 1 for NSEA
Across the country, union bosses work to protect the jobs of the worst educators
Across the nation, union bosses work to protect the worst educators, at the expense of students.
The Power of Choice: Part I
If you genuinely want to spur educational improvement in Nevada, end stagnation-ensuring monopolies
Ending Nevada's educational monopolies would spur educational improvement.
Solutions 2013
A Sourcebook for Nevada Policymakers
Solutions 2013 covers 39 subject areas and is a comprehensive sourcebook for lawmakers, candidates and citizens who are interested in policy solutions. As the name implies, these are the solutions for the issues facing Nevadans — from taxes to education, from energy to labor, from economic development to higher education, and many more.
RIFing off students, teachers and schools
How collective bargaining allows CCEA to protect bad teachers
Collective bargaining allows CCEA to protect bad teachers during contract negotiations.