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Mike Thomas: Florida Teacher Unions Contemplate Hari Kari

matthewladner wrote 1 week ago: (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Mike Thomas of the Orlando Sentinel points out the beyond-the-pale hy … more →

Tags: Florida Education Association, Mike Thomas, Orlando Sentinel, Race to the Top

Board puts a gun to the heads of D207 teachers. UPDATED.

preaprez wrote 2 weeks ago: Maine Township District 207, a district that many of our students go to after leaving middle school, … more →

Tags: Maine Township Schools

Incentives and Motivation4 comments

Greg Forster wrote 3 weeks ago: Surely we can find a happy medium? (Guest post by Greg Forster) I’ve just read a fascinating a … more →

Tags: Vouchers, competitive effects, Teacher Quality, Teacher pay, Greg Forster, michelle rhee, Merit pay, Fredrick Herzberg

Arizona Legislature Single Taps Union Zombie6 comments

matthewladner wrote 3 weeks ago: (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) The movie Zombieland delivers a humorous take the zombie movie genre. … more →

Tags: Teacher Quality, arizona education association, Zombieland

Blog Envy1 comment

Jay P. Greene wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m suffering from blog envy.  Other blogs have had some great posts — much better than … more →

Tags: Blogging, Politics, Teacher Unions, Paul Peterson, Education Next, Mid-Riffs, Brian Kisida, Phi Delta Kappa, Eva Klein

What helps kids to learn? Parents, teacher unions or education bureaucrats?

Wintery Knight wrote 3 weeks ago: Christine Kim What’s the best way to help children do well in school? On the one hand, social conser … more →

Tags: Commentary, Parenting, Education, Government Spending, school choice, Unions, incentives, social programs, Public School

UK bill imposes restrictions on homechooling families1 comment

Wintery Knight wrote 1 month ago: Story at LifeSiteNews. (H/T Andrew) Excerpt: The British government announced last week their accept … more →

Tags: News, Marriage, Education, Family, Homeschooling, Public School, UK, Day Care

Can't Think of A Blog Post16 comments

Jay P. Greene wrote 1 month ago: I apologize for my lack of a post yesterday and this lame post today.  I just can’t seem to th … more →

Tags: Charter Schools, Ford Foundation, Jay Greene, Jay P. Greene, Jeanne Allen, Mid-Riffs, Wall Street Journa

Senator Meeks vs. CTU

matthewladner wrote 1 month ago: (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) “Chicago Public Schools have a gang problem. The gang, however, … more →

Tags: Chicago Teacher Union, čtu, Senator James T. Meeks

Feds give $888,000 to Chicago public schools to teach Arabic language1 comment

Wintery Knight wrote 1 month ago: Story here from the Chicago Sun-Times. (H/T Verum Serum) Excerpt: The Chicago public schools will ex … more →

Tags: News, stimulus, Government Spending, Government Waste, Unemployment, Public School, taxes, obama, Democrat

New study reveals how school choice benefits the poorest students

Wintery Knight wrote 1 month ago: Article in the Wall Street Journal. (H/T Jay P. Greene) Excerpt: Opponents of school choice are runn … more →

Tags: News, Government, Education, Liberty, school choice, responsibility, Childrens Rights, Freedom, Competition

Eleven schools teaching children to praise and worship Obama3 comments

Wintery Knight wrote 1 month ago: Story from John Nolte Big Government. Excerpt: Big Hollywood has already posted a couple disturbing … more →

Tags: videos, Education, Fascism, Socialism, Big Government, Public School, Propaganda, Indoctrination, Children

Rhode Island Eliminates Tenure1 comment

matthewladner wrote 2 months ago: (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Check it out on this video. The unions are going ape- no one consulte … more →

Tags: deborah gist, teacher tenure, Teacher Tenure in Rhode Island

Getting Less for Less2 comments

Jay P. Greene wrote 2 months ago: Hawaii decided to fix their budget shortfall by eliminating 17 days from this school year in exchang … more →

Tags: Teacher pay, Jay Greene, Jay P. Greene

Do teacher unions care about providing high quality education?1 comment

Wintery Knight wrote 2 months ago: Story from Big Government. (H/T ECM) Excerpt: In case you haven’t heard, the state of Hawaii, facing … more →

Tags: News, Government, Education, Socialism, Unions, Big Labor, Public sector, corruption, Left Wing

The Unions Have Lost Nick Kristoff3 comments

matthewladner wrote 2 months ago: (Guest Post by Matthew Ladner) Read it and weep K-12 reactionaries. P.S. Somewhere, John Rawls is sm … more →

Tags: Charter Schools, Politics, New York Times, Nicholas Kristoff, Democrats and Education

How public sector unions destroy economic growth

Wintery Knight wrote 2 months ago: Consider this article from the Weekly Standard. (H/T ECM) Excerpt: Private sector unions have a natu … more →

Tags: Commentary, Government, Socialism, Unions, Big Labor, Public sector, corruption, Left Wing, Democrat

Our Tax Dollars Paying for Penuchle 2 comments

JButcher wrote 2 months ago: (Guest post by Jonathan Butcher) Boy, does this sound familiar!  Apparently, the U.S. Post Service s … more →

Tags: Economics, Jonathan Butcher

Over There (But Not Over Here)

Jay P. Greene wrote 3 months ago: Several years ago I was part of a delegation sent by the U.S. Department of Education to a conferenc … more →

Tags: Jay P. Greene, Jay Greene, Teacher Unions, New York Times