There is no disputing that America’s teachers unions -- in particular, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers -- are the most organized and powerful voices in education politics. There are groups of people that care more deeply about public schools (parents, most notably) but they lack the coordination and vast resources that teachers unions have at their disposal. Our new video shows teachers describing how teachers unions negatively affect education, in their own words. |
It’s not me, it’s you.
The State of California’s public pension system is in the red, has been in the red, and–under the current system–will remain in the red. It’s just taken a while for people to admit it. In 1999, the drastic expansion of California’s public pension employee benefits was driven by unions, workers, and government–under the naïve expectation of [...] Posted Tue, 18 Aug 2009
Compstat For Teacher Accountability
Marcus Winter at the City Journal has an out-of-the-box suggestion for tracking student performance and evaluating teachers: Compstat for Teachers. Compstat, if you’re not familiar, changed the way police across the country fought crime: This revolutionary data system tracked crime precisely, allowing the New York Police Department to focus its efforts on the most troubled neighborhoods—and to [...] Posted Wed, 15 Jul 2009
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