“Won’t Back Down” Message: Empower Parents
Stories like the Chicago Teachers Union strike or SAT scores hitting a 40-year low have brought the urgency of educational underperformance to the fore this… Read More
SAT Scores at Historical Low; Education Spending at Historical High
SAT scores among the nation’s test-takers are at a 40-year low. As The Washington Post reports: Reading scores on the SAT for the high school… Read More
Union Strong-Arming Rewarded in Chicago
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has ended its seven-day strike, agreeing to a contract negotiated by the union and the school district. At the expense… Read More
Chicago Teachers’ Strike Contradicts Principle of Public Service
Students at Chicago schools are spending another day at home today, after a 700-page court filing against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was sidelined for… Read More
Chicago Teachers’ Retirement Benefits Are Extravagant
When Chicago teachers began their strike on Monday, critics rightly pointed out that the city already pays one of the highest average teacher salaries in… Read More
Chicago Teachers Union Strike: A Parent’s Perspective
This week marked the second week of school in Virginia for my two elementary-level children. And as I began to navigate the “get to know… Read More
Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Unthinkable and Intolerable
“Unthinkable and intolerable.” So President Franklin Delano Roosevelt considered strikes by government employees. Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU), has a… Read More
Morning Bell: 25,000 Chicago Teachers Walk Off the Job
This morning, about 350,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will be without teachers. While the 25,000-plus unionized teachers take to the picket lines in a… Read More
Back to School: Support for School Choice Reaches All-Time High
Support for school choice is at an all-time high, according to this year’s PDK/Gallup Poll, released just this morning. Forty-four percent of Americans now favor… Read More
NJ’s Christie Signs Teacher Tenure Reform into Law
Legislators in New Jersey recently dealt a heavy blow to the oldest teacher tenure law in the nation. State Senator Teresa Ruiz (D–Essex) spent two… Read More
