Archive for March, 2011
Unions, not school districts, called on to collect dues
Unions, not school districts, called on to collect dues By Joseph Deinlein If there is a cost associated with deducting union dues from teacher paychecks, it’s minimal, financially. But some critics argue that, from a philosophical standpoint — one of a conflict of interest — deducting dues is costly to school districts and taxpayers. “Unions [...]
Full StoryObama’s Union-Friendly, Feel-Good Approach to Education
The Obama administration, principally the president and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, are now routinely making public statements which are leading to one conclusion: instead of fixing American education, we should dumb down the standards. According to the Associated Press, President Obama “is pushing a rewrite of the nation’s education law that would ease some of [...]
Full StoryVoting with Their Feet
The latest published data from the 2010 census show how people are moving from place to place within the United States. In general, people are voting with their feet against places where the liberal, welfare-state policies favored by the intelligentsia are most deeply entrenched. When you break it down by race and ethnicity, it is [...]
Full StoryUnions at crossroads in states’ budget wars
Public employee unions, the last bastion of an American labor movement in decline, are facing the fight of their lives this year as strapped state and local governments seek to permanently downsize their pensions, pay, benefits and bargaining rights. Powerful unions such as the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of State, County [...]
Full StorySchool board candidates: Don’t collect dues
Some aspiring school directors in the Lehigh Valley are taking aim at the powerful teachers union this election season, calling for their districts to stop collecting union dues from educators, a practice that’s been under fire across the country. School board candidates in the East Penn and Saucon Valley school districts, as well as a [...]
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