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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Chicago Teachers Union fights school closures necessitated by high labor costs
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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Portland teacher workshop focuses on grooming K-12 students to become radical activists
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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Union VP threatens school board, vows ‘no peace’ in Chicago
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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Bill Ayers: ‘Dear President Obama: Congratulations!’
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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Teacher union political clout will be tested with ballot proposals throughout the nation
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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Hey, taxpayer! You have magic powers!
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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Union deductions leaving many Chicago teachers with tiny paychecks
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Members of the Chicago Teachers Union have been back on the job little more than two weeks, but the effects of the union’s recent 10-day strike are still showing up in their paychecks.
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California unions spending big bucks to maintain ability to purchase power
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
SACRAMENTO – In California, public sector unions have grown accustomed to dominating the political landscape by throwing their money around.
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Study: merit pay experiment shows great promise
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Teachers who were given considerable bonuses upfront to improve student learning, and faced the possibility of returning the money if they didn’t succeed, produced significantly better results with students than those offered other incentive programs, a new study shows.
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The strike may be over, but students will be hurt by the new union contract
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – So the teachers of Chicago are back in their classrooms this morning.
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CTU rejects tentative contract agreement; mayor threatens to seek a court injunction to end strike
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – As one newspaper put it, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is “giving away the farm” in an effort to appease the teachers union and end the week-old strike.
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Union leader: Chicago’s strike is ‘sort of like an Arab Spring’
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – According to the unwritten rules of our new 24/7 media universe, every half-wit with a dumb, loud opinion must be given a platform to spew their nonsense and display their ignorance.
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Will Emanuel get tough with striking teachers, or will the CTU score a victory for the failed status quo?
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Some believe the long-anticipated Chicago teachers strike, which began this morning, represents an inevitable showdown in the spiraling war between the education reform movement and the nation’s teachers unions.
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Connecticut governor appoints “Comrade Palmer” to head Labor Department
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
HARTFORD, Conn. – Just a few short years ago, communist sympathizers were typically run out of government. Today, they’re given leadership positions. At least that’s the case in Connecticut.
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Chicago teachers strike may be a mere 10 days away
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – The so-called teachers of Chicago may be 10 days away from abandoning the students they claim they care so much about.
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Chicago Teachers Union should listen to Weingarten, care more about student learning
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Last week, in an interview with the New York Times’ Frank Bruno, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten made a startling admission.
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1,500 Chicago school employees make over $100K; 2011’s top paid teacher: $234K
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Chicago Public Schools have enjoyed a spending binge for years and it is finally catching up with the school district. Data made available by the Family Taxpayers Foundation shows 1,507 school employees were paid $100,000 or more in 2011. The bulk of those are school principals.
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Credit agency blames Chicago Teachers Union for district downgrade
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – Fitch became the second credit rating agency in as many months to downgrade Chicago Public Schools’ outlook from “stable” to “negative.”
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CTU’s Karen Lewis accuses “bully” Mayor Rahm Emanuel of “tyranny”
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
CHICAGO – The war of words between city hall and Big Labor continues as the Chicago Teachers Union preps for a threatened strike at the beginning of the new school year.
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