West Virginia Teachers, Parents: We’re Scared To Disagree With Striking Teachers Unions
Teachers’ unions use children as bargaining chips, intimidating legislatures into giving them endless political power. So what do parents and teachers think of them when they can be honest?
Frederick Douglass Would Be Ashamed Of How His Hometown Is Treating This Excellent Charter School
Teachers’ unions and city officials are giving this charter school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a hard time despite the fact that children are thriving.
Up To 60 Percent Of College Students Need Remedial Classes. This Needs To Change Now
The prevalence of remedial college courses represents an obvious failing of our K-12 public school system. Increasing school choice could be a solution.
6 Big Changes Coming To Public Schools And Politics Thanks To The Supreme Court’s Union Smashdown
Every state is now essentially a right to work state. It’s not an overstatement to say this ruling is a death knell for unions as we know them, and will dramatically change Democratic politics.
I’m A Teacher. Here’s Why I’m Cheering My New Freedom From Unions
Barring extreme circumstances, my employment is guaranteed, yet I cannot receive any performance-based raises or bonuses.
Union Pressure Tactics Like Their Giant Rat Balloon Prove They’re Not The Good Guys
When I see a giant rat with red eyes and foul yellowish fangs, my knee-jerk response is: These are not the good guys.
5 Ways Teacher Strikes Revealed Public Schools Indoctrinate Kids
Here’s what I learned about how schools manipulate kids for politics when I asked several parents to share experiences learned during the Oklahoma teacher walkout.
The Teacher Strikes Aren’t About Pay, They’re About Mobilizing Democrats
Democrats and their allies among the teacher activists are following the playbook outlined by Saul Alinsky in ‘Rules for Radicals.’
What Oklahoma’s Teachers Union Agitation Really Looks Like On The Ground
A large chunk of teachers appears to have no interest in educating themselves about spending, but seem instead content to parrot false union talking points.
Fire All Striking Teachers And Send Their Paychecks To Students’ Parents
The striking teachers — and politicians caving to them — lack a rudimentary knowledge of the real reasons teacher salaries aren’t as high as they want and their school books and materials are old and scant.
Striking Teachers To Parents: Nice Little School Ya Got There. Be A Shame If It Closed Indefinitely
Teacher strikes are firmly in the National Lampoon ‘if-you-don’t-buy-this-magazine-we’ll-kill-this-dog’ school of negotiating.
How School Choice Can Solve States’ Huge Debt And Pension Woes
We calculated how much the taxpayers of Illinois, New Jersey, Kentucky, California, or Connecticut might benefit if some public school families were given school choice.
These Two Colorado Counties Are Ground Zero For School Choice Across The Country
Two of Colorado’s largest school districts are engaging in very public fights over the future of K-12 education. Their outcomes will affect families across the country.
Teachers Union Releases Statement On Syria For Some Reason
Act like teachers who would like to educate my children, not pure political activists.
Everything Betsy DeVos Said About Historically Black Colleges Was Correct
What really offends critics is not that DeVos said historically black institutions offer options to children, but that Trump administration policies threaten Democrats’ political monopoly on the black vote.
5 Pieces Of Advice For Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Now that Betsy DeVos has been confirmed, it’s time to offer her realistic advice that does some justice to the legitimate concerns about her nomination on both sides.
Why Pay Full Pensions To Unions That Bankrupted Taxpayers Pockets And Kids’ Minds?
The cumulative debt for all public pension systems is at $5.599 trillion, or $46,884 per household. Most is for teachers, whose unions have for years resisted improvements for kids.
Public School Is Often The Most Destructive Institution In American Life
Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, answered an array of preposterous questions from a bunch of unserious people. It’s a reminder that politics is often tragedy.
Michelle Rhee Would Be A Terrible Choice For Education Secretary
Former DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee is definitely a celebrity. But that’s about the only way in which she would fit with a Donald Trump administration as education secretary.
Black Leaders Rip NAACP, Black Lives Matter For Opposing School Choice
Former Black Lives Matter St. Paul leader Rashid Turner says ‘the Black Lives Matter movement has been co-opted. It’s been hijacked by others’ into a movement that opposes things that help black kids.
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