North Carolina State Superintendent Mark Johnson seems to be on the warpath to stop the proposed one-day teacher strike scheduled for May 1. I've already written about some of the ... Keep Reading
teacher unions
Waiting for a ruling in the Janus case
Sometime in the coming weeks the US Supreme Court is expected to issue an opinion in the case Janus v. AFSCME, a case educators and teachers' unions have been closely watching for ... Keep Reading
How strong are teacher unions?
Last week I blogged about an EIA story reporting on the decline in NEA membership across the nation. Over the weekend, the Fordham Institute released How Strong Are ... Keep Reading
No Payroll Deduction Bill Advances
SB 727, a bill introduced by Sen. Ralph Hise (R-Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell and Yancey) to end payroll deductions for public school and retired public school ... Keep Reading
the high cost of saving education jobs
Last week, Public School Forum reported that NEA's West Virginia affiliate, the West Virginia Education Association suggested that counties in that state use part of the state’s ... Keep Reading
An “inconvenient” movie about failing public schools.
Why do we consign our neediest kids to our worst public schools and then pin the hopes of so many for a better future on the outcome of a lottery? That’s the poignant question ... Keep Reading
More money for public school jobs?
In an insightful article on Big Government.com Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute cuts right to the heart of why we shouldn’t be spending another $23 billion to save public ... Keep Reading
The real cost of federal bailouts
Congress is moving ahead with a $26 billion bailout bill that pays for extra Medicaid expenses and protects teacher jobs. According to the Department of Public Instruction, North ... Keep Reading
