News, Views and Education Resources

 

UNIONISM IN PUBLIC EDUCATION: ISSUES & OPTIONS

• Governor Otter Honors NWPE with Proclamation KTRV TV Fox News 12
• Teachers Ponder Split from State Union The Journal Gazette (posted 4.21.07)
• Taxpayers Subsidize Teachers Unions San Francisco Chronicle (posted 4.21.07)
• Paychecks Plundered Spokesman Review (posted 3.23.07)
• Teachers Union Not Working for Education Tri-City Herald (posted 3.13.07)
• Illinois Teachers Decertify Union
• Illinois Teachers Seek Independence from State Union, Meet Resistance (posted 4.3.07)
• "State of the Unions" Wall Street Journal (posted 12.7.06)
• "Fun Union Facts" Wall Street Journal (posted 9.19.06)
  Strike!  Questions and Answers for Idaho's Educators (posted 3.14.06)
• NEA Financial Disclosure Spreadsheet (posted 3.8.06)
• Teachers' Pets (Cont) Wall Street Journal (posted 1.30.06)
• The Truth About Teacher Union Spending (posted 1.25.06)
• Who's Listening to Teachers? (posted 1.20.06)
• Teachers' Pets:  The NEA gave $65 million in its members' dues to left-liberal groups last year.  Wall Street Journal (posted 1.9.06)
• Nonunion Teacher Groups Cost NEA Membership and Clout (posted 3.16.06)
• Seattle Education Association Named in Contract Complaint
• Sprague-Lamont Teachers Discard WEA
• District Dumps WEA, Associated Press
• Sprague-Lamont Decertification Radio Commentary
• Independent Local Teacher Bargaining Unit Option
• AAE Helps California Teachers Declare Indepedence from NEA
• "Costly Lesson" Forbes exposes lousy retirement plans pushed by teachers union
• Public Rejects Teacher Union Agenda
• "Alternatives to Teacher Unions"  National Catholic Register
• "Alternative Teacher Unions Growing" National Catholic Register
• "Not With My Money!" Teachers in Focus Magazine
• "Teachers Discard the Union Label" Insight Magazine, Washington Times
• WEA Union Drops Vindictive Lawsuit Against Teacher Support Group
• Faculty Senates Offer Alternative to Union
• Teachers, Unions and Professional Alternatives:A question of choice
• A Few Things All Educators Should Know About the National Education Association (But the NEA Won't Tell Them)
• Local Only Teacher Unions Provide Strong Alternative to NEA-WEA-LEA 
• Disassociation from NEA
• Agency Fees:  How Fair are "Fair Share Fees"
• Barrier to Learning: How the National Education Association
  prevents students and teachers from achieving academic and professional
  excellence.