The Other Union Ruining Schools
Probably the biggest reason for the inner-city atrocity this ad targets is not teachers unions or the “culture of can’t” but the lack of another kind of union: marriages.
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Budgets/Taxes · Featured · Taxes
Illinois’ So-called Pension Reform Is Not Real Reform
Illinois may have only one opportunity to get pension reform right, and this proposal is not it. More than likely, this proposal will set back the true fundamental pension reform that is required to protect taxpayers from further tax hikes, give public employees more job flexibility, and put Illinois on a sustainable fiscal path.
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Education · Featured · Podcast
Heartland Daily Podcast: Christian D’Andrea on Wisconsin’s Union Limits
Christian D’Andrea, an education policy analyst at Madison’s MacIver Institute sat down with Heartland’s Education Research Fellow, Joy Pullman to talk about how union limits in Wisconsin have helped positively influence education in the state.
Illinois Governor Decries Spending Cuts in Budget that Grows $1.9 Billion
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Wednesday presented his proposed budget for the next fiscal year and pronounced it “the most difficult budget Illinois has ever faced.” He added, “There are[...]
How to Appeal to Independents and Democrats: School Choice
[Editor's note: In celebration of National School Choice Week, this is cross-posted from "The Pullmanns" blog at Ricochet.] If anyone is interested in policy issues that can appeal across party[...]
Perhaps the Influence of Teachers Unions is Waning
[First published at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.] The largest affiliates of the United States’ largest teachers union are deeply in debt, largely because they have lavish pension and health-care systems, according[...]
Decline of America’s Schools Isn’t Just Academic
(Cross-posted from American Liberty.) The decline of American public education, documented by a plethora of objective tests for decades, is so well known it requires no documentation here. What I[...]
Heartland’s Bruno Behrend Knocks ‘Em Dead at Tea Party Rally in Sheboygan
We couldn’t be prouder of our own Bruno Behrend, who recently drove up to a Tea Party Rally in Sheboygan, WI (otherwise known as “real America”) to talk about school[...]
Education · Internet/Telecom · Media
Teachers Union Generated Anti-Rhee Website
Politico has tracked the IP address of a website attacking former D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to the American Federation of Teachers. The site, which refers to Rhee as “the[...]
First Union Certification Vote Fails in Wisconsin
From Ann Althouse comes word the Wisconsin Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) voted last week against seeking state certification as a union for the purpose of collective bargaining. TAA is the[...]
The Evils of Class Warfare
Just a few hours after my guest appearance last week on WSAU-AM and FM radio in Wausau to talk about the Wisconsin recall elections, my phone rang. The man calling[...]
Econ 101 for Teachers
The Wisconsin teachers union is getting a long-overdue lesson in free-market economics. For decades, the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) has been in fat city. Now? Not so much. On[...]
Wash Examiner: Teachers Union Disavows Internal Memo Endorsing Deception of Parents
Thanks to The Washington Examiner for publishing my piece today bout how the teachers unions in Connecticut worked behind the scenes to neuter the Parent Trigger school reform. The AFT[...]
Heartland in The Weekly Standard: The School Cheating Scandal in Atlanta
The folks over at The Weekly Standard were kind enough to publish my thoughts on the school testing scandal in Atlanta. Here’s an excerpt: Test cheating has for years provided ammunition[...]
From the ‘Backlash Against Federal Education Control’ Files
Here’s another item for our series lately about how growing federal control of education is creating a wave of discontent: A group of Obama-supporting teachers has begun to publicly request he[...]
Weed, Fights, and Whine in Madison
In the aftermath of the union protests in Madison in February and March, some recent updates: * About 90 matters, mostly death threats against state officials, were referred to the[...]
Idaho Teachers Warned about Playing Dirty During Recall Drive
Idahoans angry about ed reform legislation previously slashed the state superintendent’s tires and visited his mother’s home in outrage. Now, some are attempting to recall Superintendent Tom Luna, and not[...]
Even in Madison, They’re Calling this ‘Crazy’
On four days in February (Feb. 16-18 and 21), two-thirds of Madison School District teachers called in sick to attend the protests over Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill[...]
Joel Klein Endorses Market-Based Education Reforms, ‘Money Tied to the Child’ Approach
Many people embedded in education reform acknowledge its bipartisan nature—mostly because the American system is so bad not even the willingly blind can help but bump into it. Add Joel[...]
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