CHICAGO – If well-known people want to avoid controversy, they should avoid making ugly comments about respected citizens and public officials, particularly in public. That’s a lesson Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has yet to learn. Last week, while
While the teacher unions of Oakland, California are enjoying the Occupy protests, just down the road in the Alameda school district, the teachers union has been busy working on behalf of its top priority. Surprise, surprise – students are not
OAKLAND, Calif. – We were dismayed a few weeks ago when hundreds of union teachers in Oakland, California skipped work and forced the shutdown of several schools, in observance of the Occupy movement’s national strike day. We thought their commitment
OMAHA, Neb. – An annual poll regarding the U.S. public education system shows that teachers’ unions are losing support among Americans, while the percentage of people that support school reform has reached a record high. The results underscore the growing
We’ve always assumed that public schools exist, first and foremost, to benefit the students of a community. But that’s clearly not the case in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been pushing the idea of adding 90 minutes to the
School reformers across the nation are closely watching Ohio, where a statewide referendum next Tuesday will determine the fate of SB 5, the legislation that would greatly curtail collective bargaining privileges for teachers and other public employees. This gutsy law,
For years we’ve been preaching the same fundamental message – public schools have more of a spending problem than a revenue problem. And the spending problem is largely caused by skyrocketing labor costs and stubborn unions that refuse to make
[youtube rgyUSCzyas4] NFL Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton wrote an editorial about the need for school reform in America. It appeared in the Wall Street Journal under the title If NFL Played By Teachers’ Rules. Tarkenton talked to EAGtv about
EAGtv reports even though the Ohio law SB 5 was signed into law by the governor, it’s on hold until voters decide the matter in November. But the bill is already saving Ohio school districts, like Lordstown, money and jobs.
