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Union leaders getting rich with money taken from members

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NEW YORK — The: New York Post: apparently has heard enough from the city’s teachers union about charter school profits. The United Federation of Teachers union often points to the fact that some charter school operators earn more than the city’s schools chancellor, with the implication that’s somehow wrong. “Funny thing,” said a recent Post editorial. “As […]

 

Feds recommend reform group created by terrorist Bill Ayers

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Describing it as: a “highly regarded organization”, Obama’s Education Department recommends the Bill Ayers-founded Small Schools Workshop for use in creating “learning environments: that are supportive of perseverance”. The Small Schools Workshop is currently led by Mike Klonsky, a fellow 60′s radical of Bill Ayers, who once vowed to the communist government of China […]

 

Mesa school leaders may reinstate prayer during public board meetings

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MESA, Ariz. — The Mesa school board is having second thoughts about its recent decision to replace the non-denominational prayer that has traditionally opened each board meeting with a moment of silence. AZCentral.com: reports the board “quietly ended” the long-standing practice in November after the district’s attorneys advised members they could potentially be sued by those […]

 

Teachers in a Kansas district take a stand against union, vote to decertify

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VERMILLION, Kans. — Teachers in a Kansas school district made a bold statement last Friday when they voted to decertify their union. The teachers from Vermillion Unified School District 380 voted by a margin of 27-9-1 to end collective bargaining representation by the Kansas National Education Association, reports: CJonline.com. The Vermillion teachers joined their de-certified peers […]

 

Education Students Say Prof’s Grammar And Spelling Corrections A Sign Of Racial Hostility

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LOS ANGELES — A group of 25 University of California at Los Angeles students — who are studying to be future teachers, school leaders and university professors — recently staged a sit-in to protest one professor’s acts of “micro-aggression” against minority students, which include correcting grammar, spelling and documentation mistakes on writing assignments. The protest […]

 

Gov. Scott Walker’s new book details the threats and intimidation his family faced from angry labor leaders

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MADISON, Wis. — Recently released excerpts of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s new book reveals the harassment from radical union members his family endured during Big Labor’s massive temper tantrum in 2011. EAGnews has covered numerous incidents in which critics of teachers unions have had their cars keyed, tires slashed and received wildly inappropriate threats, but […]