By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
HOWELL, Mich. – It’s nice that we live in a society where it’s no longer acceptable to say nasty things about minority groups.
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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – On Tuesday, EAGnews.org brought you footage of Black Star Project community organizer Phillip Jackson teaching students in Chicago Public Schools’ Jones College Prep the finer points of non-violent protesting. He was positioning the students to achieve a particular result he was seeking.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
KENOSHA, Wis. – The Kenosha school district is expecting to lay off another 209 employees next fall, including many teachers, due to the local teachers union’s refusal to make a few financial concessions to help the district erase a $28 million deficit.
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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
MADISON, Wis. – EAGnews has produced a series of short interviews with Wisconsin teachers and school board members in an effort to tell their side of the story. Despite its appearances of unity, the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), the state’s largest teachers union, does not speak for everyone in education.
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By Ashleigh Costello
EAGnews.org
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On Tuesday the Missouri legislature approved Senate Bill 576, which would allow the expansion of charter schools into public school districts that lose state accreditation due to failure to meet basic academic standards.
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Staff reports
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LANSING, Mich. – Perhaps it was a stupid slip-up in a rush to discredit online charter schools. Perhaps it was an intentional attempt to mislead lawmakers and the public.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
LANSING, Mich. – For decades, teachers unions in Michigan and across the nation have used their collective bargaining power to pressure school boards into paying the salaries of teachers who work full time on union business.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk school board recently voted 6-1 in favor of suing complacent or negligent parents who refuse to work with school officials to correct their child’s unruly behavior.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – Most states have appointed boards that regulate ongoing disputes between public employees and units of government.
And in most states those boards are ridiculously biased in favor of organized labor.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
HARTFORD, Conn. – On Monday, as he signed a comprehensive education reform bill, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy told his audience, “We are going to have a (teacher) evaluation system that actually means something.”
Perhaps the governor spoke too soon.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
MADISON, Wis. – Last week voters in the Wisconsin Democratic primary decisively rejected Kathleen Falk, Big Labor’s handpicked gubernatorial candidate.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
MERIDEN, Conn. – Connecticut’s lawmakers are still high-fiving each other over the “historic” and “sweeping” education reform bill that sailed through the General Assembly last week, just hours before the legislative session was set to expire.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
PHOENIX – When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed legislation last month that would have expanded the state’s school voucher program, she told the media she might reconsider the decision after the budget process.
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