... Top plan (that spends 4.4 billion dollars) comes from a Democratic President and was approved by a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate.  The teachers unions have long resisted any attempt to use student achievement to evaluate teacher performance.  The teachers unions have long supported Democrats… It will be interesting to see how this plays out ...

... the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, Democrats, and Obama and his administration to stand in the way of poor children ... voucher programs' end is the teachers' unions. This spring National Education Association ... amazing. When it comes to quality education and choice, the teachers' unions and the Democrats and Obama are the enemies of the economically ...

... Dillon reports some encouraging news: state education departments and teachers’ unions now are in agreement with the federal Education Department’s requirements for ... much states demonstrate an “agenda for change.” Teachers’ unions and some state governors were previously critical of how this historic amount of education money was going to be spent: they thought too ...

... , his analysis looked at teacher pay, spending per student, number of teachers employed and student-teacher ratio. "My results indicate unions have no impact on teacher pay, either in the short or long run," Lovenheim writes. ... ) Technorati tags: children, education, government schools, children, public school, public education, Teachers Unions

Meeks Provides Model for ILGOP on K-12: Take the Fight not the Money You cannot be on the dole of the teachers’ unions and be a credible, effective agent for system change of K-12 in Illinois. It is on this basis that I have called for Illinois Republicans to stop taking campaign cash from the teachers’ unions. Read the Rest.

... knows, maybe Ford's really on the leading edge, and would want to support voucher programs in cities like Washington. Would you believe the recipients of Ford's largesse are the teachers unions? Yup. The folks at Ford are giving new meaning to the word "retro." Ballyhooing the $100 million, the foundation's president ...

... a wise and more just society? Do you want your children taught by defensive or depressed teachers who feel assaulted by the community they serve? How does that state of affairs contribute to ... excellence? If the educational neocons succeed and break the backs of teacher unions, what do they think would happen? What would magically occur the next day? How are schools expected to improve? I ...

... blame school woes on "bad teachers" and the unions, these tale-tellers say, that fight to keep them in the classroom ... ... effects of widespread poverty - the idea that ineffective teachers are to blame for all that is wrong with education is increasingly driving ... testing, eroding seniority provisions and stripping teachers of collective bargaining. (Image from blog.self-improvement-saga ...

... worked to make it nearly impossible to fire bad teachers. This is the kind of stuff that hurts one's ... thing I will compliment Obama for is that, contrary to his support for other unions, Obama has been making a serious effort to reform public ... data. The egregious record of teachers' unions, which is probably more indefensible than that of any other unions, is likely a factor in Obama' ...

... and talks in passing about how the public school teachers' unions have the state by the neck. Read it and weep: Perhaps ... public schools were ranked as failures, the president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles announced that his union would accept a ... to fire an incompetent teacher (the percentage of California teachers terminated after three or more years in the classroom is just 0.03%). ...

... in states' proposals.   Here's what Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, has to say on that: We know that many states have begun the application process, but that not all are involving teachers and their unions in a meaningful way. We take Education Department officials at their word when they say they will look for ...

... colleagues or other state servants. The move has incensed unions representing thousands of principals and teachers, who are concerned they will not be able to “speak their mind” on ... contacted State Services Minister Tony Ryall to get the process stopped.” Teachers are not very happy with the actions of State Services - and neither should we be. The only good thing to arise is ...

... layoffs? These difficult economic times are testing the flexibility and allegiances of unions and union members. Are they really working for students or for themselves? What is their motivation? They want to be ... t enjoy seeing anyone lose a job or take a pay cut. I simply wonder why teachers do not seem to understand that what affects everyone else has to affect them. You can't fill a $1 ...

... angers teacher unions The State Services Commission wants to gag principals and teachers from criticising the Government. The public service watchdog invited the Principals Federation ... " on a minister, work colleagues or other state servants. The move has incensed unions representing thousands of principals and teachers, who are concerned they will not be able to "speak their mind" ...

... will get fat pensions with health care for life for them and their families... And that's the problem with unions in America. It's not about working hard, or even doing what is required or requested - it is about ... for insanely high property tax levies. One would hope that the state's teachers would be smart enough to realize this and tread carefully and wisely. But based on the story ...