From the cutting room floor
Four things you are guaranteed not to hear in Wednesday night’s SOTU: “While a little nerve-wracking for us around the White House, November elections by the people of New Jersey and Virginia...
View ArticleCharting a course for reform
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s terrifically honest keynote address at this year’s Excellence in Action National Summit in Washington, DC:
View ArticleAFT Caught In The Act
All the talk about caring about the kids, the parents. Ha. The nation’s second largest teachers union got caught telling members how they really feel about parents’ involvement in the education of...
View ArticleTeachers Association Speaks Out
Ohio teachers union protects their pipeline of cash at the expense of students, taxpayers and even teachers. The Association of American Educators speaks out against forced unionism and the Ohio union...
View ArticleChristie-Union Clash Reaches New Level
Videographers lurk outside New Jersey Education Association headquarters in hopes of trying to catch NJEA executive director, Vincent Giordano, in another embarrassing moment. The stakeouts are a...
View ArticleLawsuit Over Tenure Reform
“Teachers union files lawsuit over Michigan Teacher Tenure Act” by Lori Higgins Detroit Free Press March 8, 2012 A local teachers union is challenging aspects of Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act, saying...
View ArticleNew Chicago Contract Ends Lawsuits
“CPS, teachers end legal battles in new contract” by Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah Chicago Tribune September 26, 2012 A tentative contract between the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools brings...
View ArticleWon’t Back Down from Parent Organizing
October 10, 2012 If Teachers Can Organize, Why Can’t Parents? That’s essentially the question that Doreen Diaz, president of the Desert Trails Parent Union, an organization formed to change failing...
View ArticleUnions Refusing Race to the Top
Local teacher unions are refusing to sign on with district Race to the Top plans. The reason? Teacher evaluations. Failure to get unions to sign on to reform plans means the Los Angeles Unified School...
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