Courts
California teachers’ union sues Newsom administration for underfunding public educationCalifornia’s largest teachers’ union has accused Gov. Gavin Newsom of illegally withholding public school funding in a new lawsuit. The California Teachers Association (CTA) filed a… Read More
Public Education
Vermont teachers union pushes gender identity in sports, raises alarms about ‘white privilege’(The Daily Signal) – The Vermont teachers union formally recognizes students’ right to play sports based on “gender identity,” rather than biological sex. The National Education Association Vermont… Read More
Public Education
Teacher union leaders earn half a million; critics say it’s at taxpayers’ expense(The Center Square) – Top teachers union leaders make more than $500,000 a year in pay and benefits, leaving critics to say that taxpayer-funded membership dues allow for the… Read More
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
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
Weaker unions means more education reform, 50-state study findsA gap in union muscle maps directly to power for education reformers, according to an analysis by The Lion of a report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. 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
Culture
Communist symbols replace crowns at ‘No Kings’ rallies backed by teachers’ unionsCommunist hammer-and-sickle flags flew openly in Times Square Saturday as demonstrators at the nationwide “No Kings” rallies called for a general strike on May 1. Protesters in New York chanted, “There is… Read More
Schools
LA teachers threaten strike; policy expert says ‘broke’ district can’t afford raises, accuses union of playing politics(The Heartlander)–The Los Angeles teachers’ union is under fire after authorizing a strike next month if the nation’s second-largest school district won’t meet its demands. United Teachers Los… Read More
Government
Florida bill to diminish power of teachers’ unions over employeesThe Florida Legislature is sending a bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis to close a legal loophole that unions use to retain power over employees. SB 1296 passed the… Read More
Government
Maryland Democrats, unions want to repeal ban on teacher strikesThe Maryland General Assembly may repeal the state’s ban on teachers’ union strikes. House Bill 1492, sponsored by over 20 Democrats, would give public school… Read More
Courts
Ex-teachers’ union chiefs headed to prison in $2.6M fraud caseThe former leaders of a Florida teachers’ union are heading to prison and must repay $2.6 million they stole during their tenure, a federal judge ordered Monday. Teresa… Read More
Courts
Utah teachers’ union sued for allegedly lying about political spendingThe Utah Education Association is being accused of violating state law when it argued teacher dues don’t fund the union’s political activism. The UEA allegedly violated Utah’s Truth in… Read More
Courts
Oregon’s new pro-union law accused of chilling free speech, defying Supreme Court precedentAdvocates for workers’ rights are challenging a new Oregon law in court for allegedly violating the First Amendment and discriminating in favor of unions. Freedom Foundation filed the lawsuit Dec. Read More
Government
Influential senator accuses nation’s largest teachers’ union of ‘deeply troubling’ rise in antisemitismSen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, accused the nation’s largest teachers’ union of encouraging antisemitism, saying it had abandoned its original purpose to focus on politics. Cassidy, chairman of the… 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
Government
House committee probes Chicago Teachers Union after years of missing financial auditsCongressional lawmakers are demanding that the Chicago Teachers Union release years of missing financial audits, intensifying scrutiny about why the union is refusing to provide them in the first… Read More
Public Education
Officials continue to stonewall on Colorado district’s election interference caseSources close to the investigation of election interference in the Roaring Forks Colorado Public School District board race told The Heartlander a summons has been issued in the case. Read More
Opinion
45 years of failure: A bureaucracy built for unions, not studentsSince the first days of this administration, outrage has been building in the fake news media and their teacher union financial backers at Education Secretary Linda McMahon and President… Read More
Public Education
A tale of two books: Teachers’ union boss attacks school choice supporters while other work documents choice’s 200-year historyTwo new books present vastly different sides of the public school vs. school choice debate – with one claiming the proverbial sky is falling while the other documents how school choice actually predates the… Read More