Print Education Action Group Read Full Bio Obamacare Will Cause Hardship to Maine Schools If school officials decide to provide insurance or pay the penalties, it will drain tens of thousands of dollars from their already shrinking budgets. Many district leaders will have no choice but to cut some teaching positions or student academic programs in order to pay for the new health care benefit. 20 Oct 2012 Philadelphia Teacher Bullies Student for Wearing Romney Shirt Sixteen-year-old Samantha Pawlucy used “dress-down” day at Charles Carroll High School to show support for the Republican presidential hopeful. She decided to support Romney after researching both candidates, and deciding that Romney’s opposition against partial birth abortion matched her views. 4 Oct 2012 Obama School Lunch Standards: Spartan Rationing, Tossed Leftovers Even though some kids may be leaving the lunch room hungry, the new Obama-imposed rules prohibit students from receiving additional helpings, even when there’s food left over. 29 Sep 2012 NJ School District Cuts Portions for Students $3 Behind on Lunch Payment At the Tewksbury school district in New Jersey, children who fall $3.10 behind on their food payments get one hard-boiled egg, a package of crackers and a carton of milk for lunch. 29 Sep 2012 Portland Schools Spend $500k to Deem PB&J Sandwiches Racist Dr. Verenice Gutierrez, a principal with Oregon’s Portland Public Schools, has become convinced that America’s “white culture” negatively influences educators’ world view and the manner in which they teach their students. 16 Sep 2012 Will Emanuel Get Tough with Striking Teachers? In recent years, organizations like Democrats for Education Reform have sprung up. Democratic mayors in large cities across the nation have attacked the unions and called for radical changes in public schools. A very liberal Democratic president and his education secretary have been promoting increased accountability for teachers and tough turnaround plans for failing schools. But are the leaders of the Democratic Party willing to back up their tough words with action, particularly in the midst of a tough presidential campaign when union support could be critical for their chances to maintain the White House? 10 Sep 2012 Michigan Supreme Court Allows Big Labor Power Grab on November Ballot The Michigan Supreme Court this week approved Big Labor’s “Protect Our Jobs” ballot initiative that would enshrine collective bargaining in the state’s constitution – a power grab to elevate labor agreements above state and local laws. 9 Sep 2012 Taxpayer Group Asks Voters to Strip $16M from Public School Budget Parents and taxpayers in the Westerville City School District want to force school spending reform in a very interesting way. 26 Aug 2012 Free Pension Giveaway Costs Cleveland Schools $35 million Taxpayers may be surprised to learn they paid the pension contributions for the district and the teachers during 2010-11. So instead of just paying the district’s $49 million contribution to the State Teachers Retirement System, taxpayers took care of the teachers’ $35 million contribution, too. 19 Aug 2012 Stanford Expert: Union Leaders They Must Reward the Best Teachers An education expert from Stanford University told the presidents of the nation’s two largest teachers unions Thursday that they could help increase compensation for educators throughout the nation if they would agree to reward the best teachers and cut compensation for low performers. 11 Aug 2012 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Obamacare Will Cause Hardship to Maine Schools If school officials decide to provide insurance or pay the penalties, it will drain tens of thousands of dollars from their already shrinking budgets. Many district leaders will have no choice but to cut some teaching positions or student academic programs in order to pay for the new health care benefit. 20 Oct 2012
Philadelphia Teacher Bullies Student for Wearing Romney Shirt Sixteen-year-old Samantha Pawlucy used “dress-down” day at Charles Carroll High School to show support for the Republican presidential hopeful. She decided to support Romney after researching both candidates, and deciding that Romney’s opposition against partial birth abortion matched her views. 4 Oct 2012
Obama School Lunch Standards: Spartan Rationing, Tossed Leftovers Even though some kids may be leaving the lunch room hungry, the new Obama-imposed rules prohibit students from receiving additional helpings, even when there’s food left over. 29 Sep 2012
NJ School District Cuts Portions for Students $3 Behind on Lunch Payment At the Tewksbury school district in New Jersey, children who fall $3.10 behind on their food payments get one hard-boiled egg, a package of crackers and a carton of milk for lunch. 29 Sep 2012
Portland Schools Spend $500k to Deem PB&J Sandwiches Racist Dr. Verenice Gutierrez, a principal with Oregon’s Portland Public Schools, has become convinced that America’s “white culture” negatively influences educators’ world view and the manner in which they teach their students. 16 Sep 2012
Will Emanuel Get Tough with Striking Teachers? In recent years, organizations like Democrats for Education Reform have sprung up. Democratic mayors in large cities across the nation have attacked the unions and called for radical changes in public schools. A very liberal Democratic president and his education secretary have been promoting increased accountability for teachers and tough turnaround plans for failing schools. But are the leaders of the Democratic Party willing to back up their tough words with action, particularly in the midst of a tough presidential campaign when union support could be critical for their chances to maintain the White House? 10 Sep 2012
Michigan Supreme Court Allows Big Labor Power Grab on November Ballot The Michigan Supreme Court this week approved Big Labor’s “Protect Our Jobs” ballot initiative that would enshrine collective bargaining in the state’s constitution – a power grab to elevate labor agreements above state and local laws. 9 Sep 2012
Taxpayer Group Asks Voters to Strip $16M from Public School Budget Parents and taxpayers in the Westerville City School District want to force school spending reform in a very interesting way. 26 Aug 2012
Free Pension Giveaway Costs Cleveland Schools $35 million Taxpayers may be surprised to learn they paid the pension contributions for the district and the teachers during 2010-11. So instead of just paying the district’s $49 million contribution to the State Teachers Retirement System, taxpayers took care of the teachers’ $35 million contribution, too. 19 Aug 2012
Stanford Expert: Union Leaders They Must Reward the Best Teachers An education expert from Stanford University told the presidents of the nation’s two largest teachers unions Thursday that they could help increase compensation for educators throughout the nation if they would agree to reward the best teachers and cut compensation for low performers. 11 Aug 2012
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