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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – Why is our government education system so dysfunctional? Perhaps because parents often don’t get the truth and administrators and teachers are constantly fighting each other.
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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – I was deeply troubled when video surfaced last week of striking Strongsville, Ohio teachers heckling substitute teachers who were applying to be their temporary replacements.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis reportedly achieved “rock star” status among labor supporters for leading her union into the city’s first teachers’ strike in 25 years.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Chicago residents already know that Karen Lewis fancies herself as a bit of a stand-up comedian.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
SEATTLE – A high school in the Seattle school district is fast becoming ground zero in the teacher unions’ war against standardized testing.
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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – The Chicago Teachers Union is not just about looking out for its members’ interests. The union wants to fundamentally change America, too.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – The Chicago Teachers Union has a lot of nerve.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – The Chicago Teachers Union is coming out of the closet on a very critical educational issue: gay marriage.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Chicago school officials have not learned their lesson about caving in to the teachers union.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Like a lot of school districts around the country, Illinois’ Springfield Public Schools are in serious financial trouble.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – The Chicago Teachers Union recently secured a “cake” contract for its members during the September teachers strike.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
PORTLAND, Oregon – Elected officials, parents and taxpayers have been scratching their heads for years, wondering what’s wrong with America’s public education system.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In early 2011, producers for the radio program This American Life caused a brief media sensation when they announced they had discovered the original formula for Coca-Cola.
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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – During a Veterans Day protest – which focused on school closings, not the service of veterans – Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey said the union would go after the school board and there would be “no peace” in the city if the board follows through on a plan to close 100 underperforming unionized schools.
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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Education Association chose an odd location for a party in Washington, D.C. in July: the National Museum of Crime and Punishment. Read More »
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Among the well-wishers for President Obama’s triumphant re-election is Chicago pal and domestic terrorist-turned-professor Bill Ayers.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
MUSKEGON, Mich. – By the time the election dust clears on Wednesday morning, we should have a better idea of how much clout teachers unions have with the public these days.
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By Scott Reeder
Illinois Policy Institute
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Wouldn’t it be great if every time we made a bad investment decision a fairy godmother waved her magic wand and made those bad decisions disappear?
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
HERCULES, Calif. – California middle school teacher Allen Goodman has a lot of explaining to do.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Most Minnesota classrooms will stand empty for the next few days, as hundreds of thousands of state residents take to the roads and the skies to celebrate the unofficial state holiday known as “MEA weekend.”
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