By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Education reformers in Washington State are trying to bypass decades of union obstruction with a ballot initiative that, if approved, would finally legalize charter schools.
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Archive for June, 2012
Open talks dissolve into chaos in Douglas County
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – Is there such a thing as too much transparency?
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Louisiana flooded with school voucher applications
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
BATON ROUGE, La. – Teachers unions and school boards across Louisiana are lining up to challenge the state’s new private school voucher program in court.
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Group encourages Las Vegas teachers to quit union
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
LAS VEGAS – Nevada is a right-to-work state, which means employees cannot be forced to join a union as a condition of employment.
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Florida union slapped for political use of school email
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – Another school employee union has been caught using a school district’s email system to spread political messages to members.
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Finding Nemo: Is Occupy Chicago and its union allies covering up a potential abduction?
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – A dangerous characteristic within the Occupy movement has been its disdain for the police and the concept of law and order. The radical activists have sought to try to police themselves, and have failed horribly. They want to treat rapes and assaults as internal matters. They didn’t want to rely on “the pigs” or “the man.”
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Union objects to school board communication with school employees
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
NORWALK, Conn. – What’s wrong with an employer sending a crucial message to employees regarding finances and layoffs?
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Recorded evidence: Autistic boy screams, bangs his head as bus driver and monitor taunt him
By Ashleigh Costello
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – Nearly seven years later, Lisa Rossi may finally get justice for her son after he was tormented by the bus staff on his way to school.
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“Empty desk” protest a call for presidential candidates to address America’s education issues
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s public education system is “crumbling,” and the 2012 presidential candidates have a responsiblity to address that issue in greater detail, according to the College Board, a non-profit student advocacy organization.
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Resolved: Philadelphia officials are out-of-touch leftists
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
PHILADELPHIA – The “human catastrophe” taking place in the City of Brotherly Love is directly attributable to America’s money-eating war machine, according to a collection of radicals, malcontents and burned-out hippies known as The Delaware Valley New Priorities Network.
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Another day, another pervert in New York schools
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – Brooklyn principal William Abreau is a scumbag who doesn’t deserve to work with youth.
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Supreme Court decision a knockout punch for unions?
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major victory yesterday for teachers and other public sector employees who don’t want to fund political causes they don’t agree with.
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Union opposes charters sharing public school space – unless their teachers are union
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – Eva Moskowitz put New York City’s teachers union in its place this week.
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Wisconsin students were allegedly recruited to help get out the vote – in union-friendly areas, of course
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
RACINE, Wis. – Despite polls predicting their imminent defeat, members of the Wisconsin Education Association Council fought until the final hours in their effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
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New laws help Idaho schools operate smoothly
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
BOISE, Idaho – Nearly two dozen school districts across Idaho have imposed contract terms on their local teachers unions under new laws that give the final word on terms of employment to elected school boards.
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Should unions be allowed to threaten people’s jobs?
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
PLYMOUTH, Mich. – Your dues or your job.
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Union bullies in Chicago successfully silence their critics
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Teachers unions say they oppose bullying in public schools.
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Medford teachers bargaining tactic: Skip graduation ceremonies
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
MEDFORD, N.J. – Teachers at Medford Memorial Middle School left their departing students with a valuable life lesson at a recent graduation ceremony,
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Do kids have “special needs” because schools fail them?
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
LOS ANGELES – The long-standing rap against charter schools is that they cherry-pick only the best and brightest students, and leave the “hard cases” for the underfunded traditional public schools. Critics say this is why charters typically have higher student test scores than traditional schools.
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Shanker told us all we need to know about unions
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mitt Romney and a Mississippi newspaper may not be able to produce the precise words, but their interpretation of Albert Shanker’s famous quote regarding union disinterest in the fate of school children is right on the mark, according to a Washington Examiner editorial.
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