teachers' unions

The reading and math scores for American 12th graders have hit a 20-year low, according to a study from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).

During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) denied the Democratic Party is too influenced by teachers’ unions and argued the party “cares deeply about making sure these children get a

At the same time, New Jersey students are still struggling to recover to pre-pandemic levels of proficiency, according to December 2024 data.

The Democrat mayor of Chicago is taking heat for slipping six members onto the city’s school board, who then forced out the fiscally cautious CEO, thus allowing the mayor to attempt to rush pro-teachers’ union policies into place before the next elected school board has a chance to make any decisions when they take office in January.

The presidential debate hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday completely ignored the issue of education, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel B. Pollak pointed out on Ask Dr. Drew on Wednesday. Pollak appeared on Dr. Drew’s show to discuss

The president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union is facing ridicule for delivering a speech while screaming and banging on the podium.

A group of Illinois Democrats have joined to demand that the state end a scholarship program that helps more than 9,000 low-income students.

Compared to the 2016–2017 school year, more than 11,900 fewer kindergarteners signed up to attend regular public schools in New York City.

Cooper made the “emergency” declaration on Monday in reaction to a spate of GOP-led legislation he deemed “extreme.”

Children in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) returned to classes Tuesday after the teachers’ union reached a tentative agreement with the school board that includes “reparations” for slavery.

Teachers in Oakland public schools are on strike for the third day on Monday, leaving children in the lurch — the latest example of a failing system propped up by the same political forces calling for “reparations” today.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Big Money Show,” Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) discussed testimony by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten at a hearing on school closures during the coronavirus pandemic this week and noted that

A gay teacher in Canada filed a human rights complaint against his insurer for not covering drugs for a woman whose womb he rented.

Teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) went on a three-day strike Tuesday as negotiations fell apart and the district’s two unions walked off the job, leaving families in the lurch.

The United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), announced Tuesday that it will join a three-day strike next week, closing schools. Update: UTLA will be striking in solidarity with SEIU Local

Less than one third of teachers walked out of their classrooms this week as the vast majority of schools remaining open to some extent.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) slammed education officials in Virginia who failed to notify children of merit awards they received by stating that “they don’t live by these kind

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute president Peter Schweizer discussed a report by the Government Accountability Institute on spending by the National Education Association (NEA) and argued that “The

Reacting to Randi Weingarten’s endorsement of an Atlantic piece calling for “pandemic amnesty,” Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice told Breitbart News the teachers’ union boss wants amnesty because she was a key player in shutting down schools.

Tudor Dixon described Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s record as epitomized by lockdowns and shutdowns ostensibly decreed to protect “public health.”

Randi Weingarten, president of the powerful American Federation of Teachers (AFT), backed a call by the Atlantic on Monday to declare an “amnesty” for those who pursued mistaken policies on COVID-19 that led, among other things, to harm to children.

In 2021, the two largest teachers’ unions in the country collected over half a billion dollars from their members, and almost all of their political spending went to leftist causes.

Teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten is taking a trip to Ukraine despite American schools showing their worst academic results in 30 years.

Former Gov. Sarah Palin said political corruption of public schools can be a “catalyst” for “Mama and Papa Grizzlies” to protect their children.

Portland Public Schools in Maine is considering moving to a four-day school week for special education students as the school district is unable to fill teaching positions.

The Seattle Education Association shut down public schools for the first day of classes just one week after the U.S. Department of Education announced the worst learning loss seen in the United States in 30 years.

The U.S. Department of Education and establishment media outlets have admitted to severe learning loss among students due to draconian and unnecessary coronavirus pandemic protocols that saw school closures, masking, and “virtual learning.”

WASHINGTON, DC — Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reiterated her call to eliminate the Department of Education while calling out entrenched federal bureaucrats, the “vast majority” of whom are “actually working against you.”

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s Stand For America (SFA) accused U.S. unions of funding “woke” causes.

Teachers in Florida will now learn more American history for civics courses, including the importance of religion in the public square.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said the message from Hispanic voters in Texas’ 34th Congressional district to Democrats was, “I’m an American now. I’m here. Be my lawyer, not the lawyer for the migrants showing

A national strike has crippled the transport infrastructure of Belgium as around 70,000 people took to the street to protest the effects of inflation.

On Tuesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” National Education Association President Becky Pringle argued that allowing qualified teachers to carry guns in school “puts more guns into schools, we know more guns equals more violence,” and will put “pressure” on teachers “that the

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said Friday on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports” that the “culture wars” that she claimed were created when duly elected state legislatures decide what taxpayer-funded public K-12 school teachers can teach was “ripping America apart.”

Teachers unions are the “biggest budget winner” in California’s projected $98 billion budget surplus, the Wall Street Journal reports, seeing funding for public schools rise even as enrollment has plummeted thanks to closures during the pandemic.

Protect the Public’s Trust, a government ethics watchdog, is suing the Department of Education in an effort to discover the level of influence teachers’ unions and other special interest groups had on keeping schools closed during the coronavirus pandemic.