Private v. Big Government-Unionized Schools
If almost half the unionized workers at an auto plant could get a free Chevy as a company perk, but instead bought one made by non-union workers from a different car-maker, what would you think? A few...
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CTA press release reveals the union’s agenda toward education spending…and its utter disregard of reality. Last week California Teachers Association president Eric Heins issued a press release that...
View ArticleThe Coulson Effect on Education
An education free market stalwart leaves us way too soon. On February 7th, Andrew Coulson tragically passed away at age 48 from brain cancer. As Senior Fellow in Education Policy at the Cato Institute,...
View ArticleLet’s Deep-six Prop. 30
The signatures for an initiative that would extend 2012’s “temporary” tax increase in California are due today. Four years ago Californians voted in Prop. 30, a “temporary” tax, to pay back schools...
View ArticleTeacher Shortage Claim Is Still Short on Data
No matter how many times it’s repeated, the national teacher shortage story is a canard. In the months since I last wrote about the alleged teacher shortage crisis, I had hoped the hysteria would...
View ArticleUTLA’s Eli Broad Rage
Los Angeles teachers union turns down millions of dollars from the philanthropist earmarked for schools that work. Last year, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation formed Great Public Schools Now (GPSN),...
View ArticleDeVos Delirium
Teachers unions are DeVos-tated over Trump’s pick for Ed Secretary. The nation’s teacher union leaders typically don’t like Secretaries of Education. At all. They see the cabinet position as a teenager...
View ArticleHappy Sue Year!
The Chinese zodiac is transitioning from “horse” to “sheep,” but in the U.S., where school choice is involved, the species in 2014-2015 is “lawyer.” School choice comes in many flavors, but the...
View ArticlePseudo Studies and Push Polls
Teachers unions turn to “facts” as they desperately cling to their monopolistic, anti-privatization narrative. Last Thursday the “non-partisan” Center for Tax and Budget Accountability rolled out a...
View ArticlePseudo Studies and Push Polls
Teachers unions turn to “facts” as they desperately cling to their monopolistic, anti-privatization narrative. Last Thursday the “non-partisan” Center for Tax and Budget Accountability rolled out a...
View ArticleThe National Teacher (Union Member) Shortage
NEA/AFT and their friends in the media try to make hay of teacher shortage myth. For years, teachers unions have been moaning that nearly half of all new educators leave the profession within the first...
View ArticlePrivate v. Big Government-Unionized Schools
If almost half the unionized workers at an auto plant could get a free Chevy as a company perk, but instead bought one made by non-union workers from a different car-maker, what would you think? A few...
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CTA press release reveals the union’s agenda toward education spending…and its utter disregard of reality. Last week California Teachers Association president Eric Heins issued a press release that...
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Public schools’ dirty laundry
Share this ArticleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare by MailPublic schools’ dirty laundry [avia_codeblock_placeholder uid="0"] Do public schools really serve the public? On...
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Young minds, bureaucrats and union bosses
Share this ArticleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare by MailYoung minds, bureaucrats and union bosses [avia_codeblock_placeholder uid="0"] School choice is advancing, but the...
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The endless teacher salary lies
Share this ArticleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare by MailThe endless teacher salary lies [avia_codeblock_placeholder uid="0"] Using the “pay penalty” canard, the education...
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Class size matters…not a whit
Share this ArticleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare by MailClass size matters…not a whit [avia_codeblock_placeholder uid="0"] Perhaps the “fake news” story of the year – actually...
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The Teacher Shortage Data Shortage
Share this ArticleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare by MailThe Teacher Shortage Data Shortage “The false cry that there is no teacher shortage must not go unchallenged.” In...
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SPLC and NEA v. Parents and Kids
Share this ArticleShare on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare by MailSPLC and NEA v. Parents and Kids The disgraceful Southern Poverty Law Center is now trying to keep poor parents from...
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The Coulson Effect on Education
An education free market stalwart leaves us way too soon. On February 7th, Andrew Coulson tragically passed away at age 48 from brain cancer. As Senior Fellow in Education Policy at the Cato Institute,...
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