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Teachers Are Not Heroes. Taxpayers and Parents Are.

Last update January 5, 20222 Comments

New update January 5, 2022: denying taxpayers the classroom learning they pay for because of COVID-19 is the new teacher’s strike.

May 28, 2021: why does Johnny hate his whiteness? Ask his teacher.

Arne Duncan is long gone from Washington and longer gone from Chicago Public Schools, but even the six figure salaries1 he pushed for while commandeering the Department of Education aren’t good enough for striking Windy City teachers who expect us to believe that their long list of demands is all about the children.

Filed Under: Illinois Tagged With: unions

Tax the Rich So a Teachers Union Can Thrive

Last update September 5, 2015Leave a Comment

Sometimes the truth really hurts. It can hurt more than a smack in the mouth or a remark made during a campaign debate, like Chris Christie’s comment about a prominent teachers union deserving a punch in the face. For a lot of us who live in union-friendly cities and states, a punch in the face would be infinitely more pleasurable than having another bite taken from our incomes.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: public employees, unions

Equity in Education is Not What School Taxes Pay For

Last update August 15, 2014Leave a Comment

The Department of Education is giving its all to turn the failure to achieve equity in education into a civil rights problem. Tossing the race card on the table was a shamelessly transparent follow-up to the release of civil rights data on inequality in school discipline (see: Universal Preschool: Civil Rights and Race, or Bad Kids?

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Arne Duncan, unions

Do Real Taxpayers Support Illinois Teachers Unions?

Last update November 26, 2017Leave a Comment

Chicago Teachers Union efforts to forestall school closings have joined pension reform in an all-out war to make sure Illinois taxpayers drown in debt. CTU hopes it can win a July court battle to stop the closures while downstate the legislative session draws to a close with competing House and Senate pension reform bills.

Filed Under: Illinois Tagged With: unions

Should Kids Learn These Leftist Lessons From Teachers?

Last update June 21, 2013Leave a Comment

What an embarrassment for teachers who do justice to their profession when fellow educators display their disrespect for this country by donning red shirts that summon Chairman Mao as they take to the streets in displays of civil disobedience. Thankfully, the new Chicago teacher protests over school closings spared us the sea of communist red we witnessed during last fall’s teachers’ strike.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: unions

A Conservative Tip for Creating Effective Teachers

Last update December 10, 20174 Comments

How do we make sure that our classrooms are taught by effective teachers? Fire them. The government solution to fixing anything to do with its workforce is to throw more money at problems and employees, whether or not that money exists.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Arne Duncan, unions

Will an Executive Order Force Us to Fund Teacher Salaries?

Last update January 4, 20181 Comment

The Obama Executive Order list is growing. Proclaiming “We Can’t Wait,” the White House has become comfortable going around Congress with the excuse that gridlock is getting in the way of saving the economy. The new immunity program for illegals shows just how far this administration is willing to go to keep supporters happy.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: public employees, unions

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