By Victor | Published: April 6, 2012
MICHIGAN: A tea party group in Michigan’s Livingston County is attempting to recruit candidates to run for area school boards. The group wants to prevent the state’s largest teachers’ union – the Michigan Education Association – from electing union-friendly candidates who use their positions to push the MEA’s agenda.
“For a number of years, [...]
Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @EAGnews, AFT, American Federation of Teachers, California Teachers Association, collective bargaining, Daily Caller, education reform, Jerry Brown, Kristin Martin, MEA, Michigan Education Association, National Education Association, NEA, Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association, Palm Beach Post, PBCCTA, Powell Elementary School, Randi Weingarten, REA, Rockford Education Association
By Victor | Published: March 30, 2012
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution made national headlines last summer when it revealed that nearly 200 Atlanta teachers, principals and superintendents attempted to improve student test scores by changing answers on standardized test forms.
The paper found evidence of cheating at 44 of Atlanta’s 56 schools, which ending up costing Superintendent Beverly Hall her job.
A [...]
By Victor | Published: March 23, 2012
GEORGIA: Some Atlanta public school teachers who were implicated in last year’s cheating scandal are choosing to quietly resign instead of appearing in front of a termination tribunal, reports 11Alive.com.
The teachers have been on administrative leave – and the district’s payroll – since last July, costing taxpayers $1 million a month. Why were [...]
Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, AFT, American Federation of Teachers, Atlanta cheating scandal, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, collective bargaining, Columbus Dispatch, EAG, Education Action Group, education reform, National Education Association, NEA, SEA, Springfield Education Association
By Victor | Published: March 23, 2012
A new “MetLife Survey of the American Teacher” finds that over “the past two years there has been a significant decline in teachers’ satisfaction with their profession.”
In that time, “teacher satisfaction has decreased by 15 points” and “is coupled with large increases in the number of teachers who indicate that they are likely [...]
Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, AFT, American Federation of Teachers, collective bargaining, education reform, MEA, MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, Michigan Capitol Confidential, Michigan Education Association, National Education Association, NEA
By Victor | Published: March 21, 2012
Last Thursday, students and parents of Sheboygan’s Lutheran High School who were visiting the capitol had an interesting little run-in with a small group of singers who come to the ground floor of the rotunda for their weekly anti-Walker sing-along.
As those in the song circle started in with the Big Labor hit “Solidarity [...]
By Victor | Published: March 20, 2012
By Victor Skinner
EAG Communications
MUSKEGON, Mich. – For decades the nation’s teachers unions have relied on misinformation and scare tactics to maintain control over public schools.
It’s been a largely effective strategy that has helped to limit competition from non-traditional schools.
But a growing body of evidence is beginning to erode the union propaganda and [...]
Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, AFT, American Federation of Teachers, Education Next, Education Policy and Governance, education reform, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, Harvard University, Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, Milwaukee Public Schools, National Education Association, NEA, school choice, University of Arkansas School Choice Demonstration Project
By Victor | Published: February 24, 2012
New York state officials and teacher union leaders gave each other the verbal equivalent of high-fives after a broad outline of the state’s new teacher evaluation plan was revealed last Thursday.
It’s unclear if officials were celebrating the merits of the new plan, or if they were rejoicing over the fact that a [...]
By Victor | Published: January 18, 2012
Kids could be trapped in bad schools to preserve district budgets
By Steve Gunn
EAG Communications
MADISON – The last time we checked, both houses of the Wisconsin state legislature were controlled by Republicans.
And as far as we knew, Republican lawmakers typically believe in empowering parents and letting them determine the best schools for their children to attend, [...]
Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged Act 10, Dane County, EAG, Education Action Group, education reform, John Kuszarek, Madison school district, Madison Superintendent Dan Nerad, Madison.com, Miles Turner, Robert Reynolds, Slinger High School, State Rep. Don Pridemore, Verona Superintendent Dean Gorrell, Washington County Wisconsin, Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators, Wisconsin education reform
By Jason | Published: November 14, 2011
CTU President Karen Lewis Uncensored – NSFW
By Victor | Published: October 28, 2011
Rich leaders of NEA, AFT and CTA endorse Occupy protests
By Steve Gunn
EAG Communications
LOS ANGELES – Earlier this week we released an “EAG Focus” story on teachers unions around the nation endorsing and joining the Occupy protests.
We believe it’s just another example of the unions ignoring the problems within their profession, while pursuing left-wing, radical [...]
