Culture
Major teachers union that funds Democrats endorses ‘gender-affirming care’ amid backlash to transgender ‘medicine’(The Daily Signal) – The American Federation of Teachers, a union that bankrolls Democrat candidates and left-leaning causes, endorsed “gender-affirming care” Sunday, despite growing concerns about the negative… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ unions oppose school choice tax credit, merit pay as education freedom advancesWith education freedom advancing and 31 states signing on so far to the new federal school choice program, the leaders of the nation’s two largest… Read More
Public Education
How teachers unions help turn schools into leftist activist pipeline, starting in kindergarten(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Teachers unions and education associations have helped turn schools into pipelines for leftist activists as early as Kindergarten, according to a parent advocacy group. Read More
Public Education
‘No longer the most powerful voice in the room’: Study finds teacher unions losing influence, especially in red statesAlthough teachers’ unions have wielded significant influence over education policy for years, their power is waning nationally, according to a new report. Researchers at the Thomas B. Fordham… Read More
Public Education
Major teachers’ union bankrolled advocacy org driving anti-school choice propaganda(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Payments from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to the left-wing advocacy organization Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) seem to coincide with anti-school choice… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ union leader claims only stuffing diversity programs down Americans’ throats will prevent Fascism(Daily Caller News Foundation) – American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten claimed during a Wednesday event in New York that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies were all… Read More
Public Education
Trump admin agrees to resume student loan forgiveness, payment plans(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Trump administration has agreed to continue some forms of student loan forgiveness and payment plans in a court settlement reached with one of the… Read More
Public Education
C-SPAN caller presses teachers’ union leader on her ‘role’ in pushing for school closures during COVID(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A C-SPAN caller challenged American Federation of Teachers (ATF) President Randi Weingarten on Wednesday about her “role” in pushing for school closures during the… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ unions quietly support GOP candidates they like, but avoid endorsing them(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Teachers’ Unions are quietly propping up Republican candidates in state legislatures with less conservative positions, while abstaining from endorsing them publicly. These unions,… Read More
Israel, Kansas
AFT-Kansas distances itself from anti-semitic statement by affiliated union at KU(The Sentinel) — A recent story in the Sentinel exposing the rabid anti-semitism of the University of Kansas’ Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition has prompted a response from its parent union,… Read More
Israel, Kansas
Teachers’ union at KU argues violence against Israel is necessary, as universities are rocked by pro-terror viewsAn affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers issued a statement Wednesday in solidarity with Hamas that encourages violence toward Israel. The Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition at the… Read More
National
Teachers union gave nearly $20 million to Dems before influencing CDC school reopening guidance(The Center Square) – The teachers union in the middle of a scandal for influencing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s official school reopening guidance gave nearly $20… Read More