teachers unions

The federal government just released a report about schools that concludes what anyone who has ever ridden a public bus, used a public bathroom or stood in line at the DMV could tell you: Private is better.

“The false cry that there is no teacher shortage must not go unchallenged.”

What has happened, what hasn’t happened, and why.

Finnish schools are unionized. American schools are unionized. The similarities end there.

Democratic contenders attempt to lock in teacher union endorsements to the detriment of taxpayers and the neediest students.

Union leader and the school district want more of your money to feed a bad habit.

Arizona teachers have finally returned to their classrooms after a six-day strike over salary increases.

And it means overturning the Obama administration’s power grab and misguided surrender.

Our country’s teachers unions are doing what they do best: throwing a childish tantrum and demanding they get more of your hard-earned tax dollars to spoil their underperforming members.

At least on Labor Day the damage they can do is limited.

In New Hampshire, it’s déjà vu all over again.

As nice as it is for these people to care as much as they apparently do about other people’s children, it’s arrogant for them to think they know what’s best for another parent’s child. And trying to control where and how a child who is not your own is educated makes me wonder: Why do you care so much about the children of others?

The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest labor union, sent a mass e-mail last week urging supports to “Tell your senators: Vote NO on Betsy DeVos.”