By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
HOWARD, Ohio – Kelly Kohls remembers feeling a bit of culture shock when she first joined the Springboro Community City school board back in early 2010.
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As membership rolls drop, Las Vegas union faces possible extinction
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
LAS VEGAS – The Clark County Education Association – one of the nation’s largest and most self-serving teacher unions – continues to lose members at such a rapid rate that it may be facing extinction.
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California Supreme Court may decide if a teacher’s seniority rights trump a student’s right to a quality education
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
LOS ANGELES – The United Teachers Los Angeles teachers union scored at least a fleeting, minor victory recently in the ongoing saga over how teacher layoffs are determined in the Los Angeles district’s low-performing schools.
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$2 million bookkeeping error forces layoffs in Tennessee district
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
PULASKI, Tenn. – We wouldn’t be surprised if the accountant for Giles County Schools had Enron and Lehman Brothers as former clients.
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The most dangerous teachers union leads a sit-in at Oakland elementary
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland Education Association might be the worst teachers union in the entire nation.
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Teachers laid off as union president boards luxury cruise
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
PHILADELPHIA – Apparently union solidarity ends at the western shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
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N.J. lawmakers buckle to union in seniority fight
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
TRENTON, N.J. – The New Jersey Education Association scored an unfortunate victory this week when state Sen. Teresa Ruiz announced her pending education reform legislation will no longer seek to end seniority protections for teachers.
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Maryland union: raises for some, layoffs for others
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
BEL AIR, Md. – The Harford County (Maryland) school board has agreed to eliminate the jobs of 72 teachers and administrators in order to fund one percent raises for veteran members of the local teachers union.
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Philadelphia teachers claim 3,122 jury duty days in 2010-11 school year
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
PHILADELPHIA – EAGnews.org recently submitted an open records request to the Philadelphia school district, and it yielded a bonanza of juicy details about how the school system is spending taxpayer dollars.
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Philadelphia school employees get personal legal advice at taxpayers’ expense
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia school employees may have heard of “LegalZoom”— the do-it-yourself, Internet-based legal service – but they probably haven’t used it.
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Philadelphia schools cut thousands of teachers but kept staff farmers
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
PHILADELPHIA – Here’s an item from the “strange but true” file: One of the nation’s largest urban school systems, the School District of Philadelphia, has three farmers on its payroll.
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Nevada teachers union pushes for new business tax
By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The government class is at it again.
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Teachers union rides first class on Philadelphia schools’ gravy train
By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
PHILADELPHIA – Every pay period, the Philadelphia school district puts $155 per union member into a special fund that helps educators pay their personal legal bills, which includes everything from routine personal legal advice to estate planning.
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N.H. union rejects concessions, tries to pass the tab to taxpayers
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Manchester Education Association is not going to accept any contract concessions.
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Oregon union forgets about “last in, first out” with its own employees
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
EUGENE, Oregon – Teachers unions exist to maximize pay and benefits for their most senior members.
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Obama, Romney should address the 67 percent of voters who care about public education
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – We can usually count on public opinion polls to drive the agenda of presidential elections. If large segments of potential voters are concerned about a particular issue, the two major party nominees will usually take up their cause.