By Rebecca Friedrichs
UnionWatch
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Throughout our nation, teachers are being trained to combat bullying within our schools and social media. It’s ironic that this movement is led by teachers unions, which have been bullying independent-minded teachers for decades.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
MILLS RIVER, N.C. – A fourth-grade English assignment that criticized North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s budget as harmful to education is not left-wing propaganda, it’s only a Common Core-aligned assignment, according to the school’s principal.
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By Larry Sand
UnionWatch
LOS ANGELES – A recently filed lawsuit in California picks up where Knox v. SEIU left off.
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By Ed Ring
UnionWatch
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – Douglas County Colorado lies immediately south of Denver, but is worlds apart politically.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine Gov. Paul LePage proposed two new education reform bills this week that have the state’s teachers union in a tizzy.
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Part 2 of 4
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – When Nicholas Tampio’s son started kindergarten, he was so excited about learning that he would skip on his way to the school entrance.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
AUSTIN, Texas – The teacher union strategy of demonizing standardized tests is apparently having its desired effect, at least in one state.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
HOUSTON – A local high school teacher faces charges of sexual assault of a child and having an improper relationship with a student after her behavior at a post-prom party caused authorities to investigate further.
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Part 2: Parents and experts wonder if Common Core’s unproven standards will lead to less learning
Part 1 of 4
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
INDIANAPOLIS – In late April, the Indiana General Assembly voted to hit the pause button on the state’s implementation of Common Core, a set of national K-12 learning standards in math and English.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – It’s truly amazing how low some people will stoop to discredit those they don’t like.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones has made teacher tenure reform a priority for the current legislative session, but the Republican lawmaker is getting heavy resistance from members of his own party.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Efforts to allow parents or school staff to convert chronically failing public schools into charter schools went down in flames this week thanks to the Kentucky teachers union.
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By Carl Olson
Heartlander
CHICAGO – Teachers have somehow gotten themselves exempt from public accountability as a profession, such as the independent requirements doctors, nurses, accountants, and others must meet.
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By Larry Sand
UnionWatch
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - At (the recent) California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento, the California Teachers Association went into attack mode, sponsoring a resolution suggesting that two organizations run by prominent Democrats are backed by dastardly corporate Republican types.
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By Elena Segarra
The Foundry blog
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The original “Man of the People,” Thomas Jefferson, was born on April 13 in 1743.
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By Larry Sand
UnionWatch
LOS ANGELES - Last week, via the blogosphere, we learned that education reform leader Michelle Rhee sends one of her two kids to a private school. One post asks the question, “Should we care?”
By Jonathan Butcher
Goldwater Institute
PHOENIX – Today, 17 states and the District of Columbia allow children to use scholarships to choose between public and private schools, regardless of what public school their zip code assigns them to.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kevin P. Chavous, executive council for the American Federation for Children, explains how union politics and and misinformation is playing into the school choice debate in Congress.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester’s troubled school system has seen its share of low points, but it may have reached rock bottom last September.
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By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
LAKE STEVENS, Wash. – How would you feel if you were a K-12 student and one of your teachers showed up at your house, protesting how your father performs his job?
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