Progressives and radicals decended on Washington, DC Saturday demanding more government spending as the way to fix societal ills. Groups including the AFL-CIO, SEIU, NAACP, Democratic Socialists of America, Organizing for America, Communist Party USA, American Federation of Teachers, CodePink
It hasn’t been a good week for American Federation of Teachers’ president Randi Weingarten. After being on defense the entire time during NBC’s “Education Nation” multi-day event, she was put on a list of “Most Hated People in America,” alongside
There is common agreement between education reformers and the status quo protectors that the most important element to a good education is a good teacher. Teachers unions suggest that the way to retain “good” teachers is to pay them all
Perhaps the most ridiculous waste of taxpayer dollars is facing a legal challenge in one California school district that is suing its teachers union to get its money back. The Vista Unified School District is suing the Vista Teachers Association,
As if the $10 billion “public education bailout” wasn’t enough to stomach, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has introduced a bill, titled Education for All Act of 2010, which would spend American tax dollars on education systems around the globe.
When the Congress passed the Public School Bailout, it was akin to slapping a band-aid on a bleeding head wound. American public school systems spend somewhere around a half-trillion dollars a year, and another $10 billion is going to make
Progressives – and socialists – will do anything to discredit the Tea Party movement. Just ask Frances Fox Piven, who, along with her husband Richard Cloward, designed the theory of “collapsing the system” to force socialist principles – primarily redistribution
Reform of public schools in the District of Columbia is the biggest victim of the recent city election. Mayor Adrian Fenty fell victim to Vincent Gray – and $1 million in spending by the American Federation of Teachers. The biggest
It’s pure panic time in Democratic circles as the 40-year reign James Carville predicted seems to ending a few decades early. MoveOn.org, a long-time Progressive powerhouse in DC and around the country, is running around with its hair on fire
Public schools aren’t exactly the bastions of spending efficiency. That’s not a new headline. But when it’s pointed out that in one month – that included Christmas break – Indianapolis Public Schools spent nearly $25,000 on cell phone bills, the
Members of the American Federation of Teachers, along with AFSCME, SEIU and several other national labor unions, are showing their true political stripes by joining the “Labor for Palestine” movement. These groups are not just calling for a Palestinian homeland
When Congress created Labor Day in the late 1800s, it was to placate an increasingly hostile labor movement. At a time when American workers needed protection from heavy-handed industrial bosses, labor unions made sense. But with the growing effort by
Will the madness ever stop? Just over two weeks ago, Congress passed a $10 billion “Education Jobs Fund” that gave money to cash-strapped states to keep teachers and other school employees on the job. It was spun as a victory
Here’s a story problem to get kids ready for the new school year: If Congress borrows $10 billion to bail out the public schools, and if toilet paper costs fifty cents a roll, how many rolls of toilet paper will
Unions moved one step closer to receiving their own bailout Wednesday when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the U.S. House back from recess to vote on a stimulus bill for unionized public employees. The House will vote to create a
There is a weird dichotomy in American education: many teachers across the country impress upon their students that they must succeed for our nation to remain competitive in a global economy. But at the same time, teachers unions fear, and
Senate Democrats were set to vote on a $10 billion bailout for public schools, claiming all along the measure was “paid for with spending cuts.” When the Congressional Budget Office revealed it was going to add $5 billion to the
The two top teachers unions and Senate Democrats are proving the old adage that dead bodies float to the surface. Just when we thought the wrong-headed “Education Jobs Fund” was dead, it comes back to life. The U.S. Senate is
Every now and then, I kind of feel sorry for President Obama. If there’s anyone that has seen bad schools, it would be a community organizer from the south side of Chicago. President Obama has rolled out a series of
It appears the millions of dollars the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers spent electing President Obama and a Democratic Congress is turning out to be a bad investment, because the Democrats in power failed to deliver
Cedra Crenshaw proved to be too quick to be the latest victim of the Chicago Machine. She’s running for the Illinois state Senate as a Tea Party Republican, and Democrats did their best to keep her off the ballot. Though
American Federation of Teachers’ president Randi Weingarten’s new line is, “suddenly, everyone’s an education expert.” She first trotted this phrase out in response to a positive review of the upcoming documentary film, “Waiting for Superman,” posted on the liberal Huffington
If only they were as determined to cut spending. Alas, Congressional Democrats are hell-bent on taking care of their friends in the teachers unions. The original $23 billion “Education Jobs Fund,” or “public schools bailout,” in the words of American
The dysfunction within the ranks of Washington D.C. Democrats is growing worse. On the left, there is the president of the United States, trying to secure continued funding for troops in battle and to protect an education reform program. On
