American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

The Tribalism of Teacher Unions

In today’s New York Times Paul Krugman, in the context of the DNC and RNC conventions, describes the difference between…

8 years ago

What Bill Bennett Got Wrong and Right About New York’s Opt-Out Movement and Teacher Unions

Today at The 74 Bill Bennett suggests that the opt-out movement in New York is driven solely by  teacher union…

9 years ago

What’s the Purpose of a Federal Education Law Anyway?

Jim Schutze has a provocative column in the Dallas Observer (hat tip: Chris Stewart) called “Teacher Unions and Koch Bros.…

9 years ago

Cuomo Cries “Uncle” to Labor Lobbyists and Eviscerates NYS’s Teacher Evaluation Reform

When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo navigated an overhaul of the teacher tenure law last Spring, he took a moribund…

9 years ago

MA Replaces PARCC with PARCC: Tea Party and Teacher Unions Cheer

Today’s New York Times features a doomsday article on the demise of the PARCC assessments aligned with the Common Core…

9 years ago

Chris Cerf on Collaboration with Weingarten, Commitment to Local Control, & Not “Charterizing”the District

From his  interview with the Star-Ledger: On misunderstandings regarding his involvement with the Facebook grant:. I was not part of the picture in…

9 years ago

QOD: Clinton’s (Fact-Free) Remarks about Charter Schools Risk Support Among Black Voters

As most of you are aware by now, over the weekend Hillary Clinton, sounding, according to Politico, "less like a…

9 years ago

First Week of November? Time for My Annual Rant Against the NJEA Convention

If you're the parent of a New Jersey public school student, then this week marks your annual quality time bonus.…

9 years ago

QOD: NEA and AFT “Will Continue to Lose Battle with Public Opinion”

Campbell Brown responds to Democratic candidates’ compliance with AFT's and NEA’s demands that they boycott The74’s education summit:The teachers unions…

9 years ago

NEA Set to Endorse Clinton and Trot Down the Well-Worn Anti-Choice Path

As Mike Antonucci reported yesterday and Politico reports today, the "top brass" of the National Education Association's PAC is planning…

9 years ago