unions
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This is the eighth in a series of open letters to Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
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Union membership is way down, and their collective future is not rosy.
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EducationFeatured
The Sandstorm: Are Union Chickens Coming Home To Roost?
by Larry Sand February 8, 2022America’s children are suffering greatly and teachers may be exiting the profession en masse.
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Teachers union boss assures American children will be spared “drowning in an ocean of online dishonesty.”
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A disaster for students and good teachers alike.
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EducationFeatured
The Sandstorm: The Union Mandated School Shutdowns Are Having Major Consequences
by Larry Sand December 23, 2021School violence rises, mental health days proliferate, and thousands of kids are leaving government schools nationwide.
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Government
Questionable California Priorities Are About to Hit Pocket Books
by Ronald Stein April 17, 2020Taxing the rich has seemed to be one of the Band-Aid solutions for California’s budget, but that’s dangerous as seventy percent of the General Fund is already provided by personal taxes on just five percent of the population.
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Government
Millennials Given Responsibility to Pay for Retirement Programs Investment Deficiencies
by Ronald Stein March 30, 2020Unless pension funds around the nation continue to earn 7% or more per year on their investments, it’s likely that taxpayers will be on the hook for trillions of dollars of promises to government unions.
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Finnish schools are unionized. American schools are unionized. The similarities end there.
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The research is mixed. Some reviews (of the many studies on retention or promotion) have shown little benefit for retention in grade 3 compared with social promotion to grade 4.
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In The Tank (ep149) – Anti-Carbon Tax Coalition, Dues Skimming, Work Requirements
by Donald Kendal July 20, 2018Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft present episode #149 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the American Enterprise Institute, the State Policy Network, the Ethan Allen Institute, and the Foundation for Government Accountability.
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Education
Teachers Unions Say Each Teacher Costs Schools $100,000 But Unions Still Want MORE Money
by Teresa Mull and Lennie Jarratt February 14, 2018Our 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.
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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?