This article comes to us from The American Thinker Across the country, teachers’ unions are increasingly urging educators to take public political positions -- even during the school day. This trend is deeply troubling for families who expect classrooms to remain politically neutral and focus on core school subjects such as reading, writing, and math. Encouraging political advocacy in the classroom undermines trust, erodes educational integrity and places students in the middle of ideological battles. A recent example from Minnesota shows how far this pressure can go. The Wayzata teachers’ union sent an email encouraging teachers to participate in “ICE Out Day,” a political protest … [Read more...]
America’s Largest Teachers Union Is Doubling Down On Radical Left Ideology
Zerohedge: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/americas-largest-teachers-union-doubling-down-radical-left-ideology Recently obtained internal documents from the National Education Association, the largest teachers union in the US, focus on training educators to become far-left activists in support of spreading woke propaganda to their students. According to information gathered by a conservative non-profit called Defending Education, the NEA's upcoming training at an undisclosed location this December doesn’t focus on academics, but on attacking Republicans as “racist and transphobic,” pushing race-class-gender narratives, and promoting gender-transition guides for staff. The … [Read more...]
Students and teachers deserve better: should Congress reform the NEA federal charter?
Today's article comes to us from The Mountain State Policy Center Most Americans are unaware that the National Education Association (NEA) — the nation’s largest teachers’ union — enjoys a rare privilege: a federal charter granted by Congress in 1906. That puts the NEA in the same elite company as storied civic institutions like the American Red Cross, the Boy Scouts of America, and the U.S. Olympic Committee. But while those organizations are rightly seen as broadly patriotic and educational in purpose, the NEA has morphed into something entirely different. Rather than promoting the “character and interests of the profession of teaching” and the “cause of education in the … [Read more...]
Teachers’ Unions Bent the Education Dept. to Their Will—Shut It Down To Throttle Their Power
The Heritage Foundation shares this article with us (although the original was published in The New York Post). Teachers’ Unions Bent the Education Dept. to Their Will—Shut It Down To Throttle Their Power | The Heritage Foundation Key Takeaways No matter how many staffers are hired, achievement gaps remain. Test scores in math and reading today are at or near historic lows. Closing the Education Department will help to end federal grant awards for union-favored projects such as “diversity, equity, and inclusion” teacher training. It’s time to focus our education efforts on what will truly help America’s kids—not on what will line union leaders’ … [Read more...]
Here’s How the Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Is Spending Its Money in 2023
It takes a bit for data to be gathered and released. We went looking for information on the NEA (National Education Association) which is the largest teachers union in the United States. Here's a snapshot of how much money they get from dues as well as some ways they have spent it. It's informative. The article was originally published in Education Week. Orlando , Fla. - During the National Education Association’s annual four-day representative assembly, thousands of educators debated and voted on dozens of measures to chart the course of the largest teachers’ union for the next year. The 5,455 delegates in attendance also approved the union’s budget, which reflected a … [Read more...]
The 15 Largest Teachers’ Unions In The United States
Ever wondered how many teachers unions there are or how many teachers belong to unions? We found this source: The 15 Largest Teachers’ Unions In The United States - Zippia However...this second article gives a different mix of the largest teaches unions in the USA: 15 Most Powerful Teachers Unions in the United States Teachers unions represent the more than 3.2 million full-time teachers in more than 130,000 K-12 schools across the United States. The largest union, the National Education Association (NEA), has 3 million members. About 70% of teachers belong to a teachers union. Unions have influence Largest Teachers’ Unions Research Summary The largest teachers’ union in … [Read more...]
Do Teachers Need To Ditch Their Union?
This article comes to us from ZeroHedge Fund. Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness The Supreme Court’s 2018 Janus decision asserted that no teacher or any public employee has to pay a penny to a union as a condition of employment. While the unions have made it very difficult for teachers to leave, it is certainly doable. So how many teachers have left their union? According to a U.S. Department of Labor report filed in December, which includes data from the 2023-24 school year, the National Education Association has 2,839,808 total members, including educators, student teachers, retirees, NEA staff, and other miscellaneous categories. That’s down from 2,857,703 the … [Read more...]
We Have Already Passed Peak Public School
This article appeared at Reason Magazine and was partially published in one of our earlier blogs. As families continue to defect from government-managed K-12, teachers unions are tightening their squeeze on the Democratic Party. As back-to-school week wheezes into gear for the nation's 54 million or so children between the ages of five and 17, a startling, post-COVID reality is becoming more apparent, even if the implications are still too big to process. It is this: Though the U.S. population continues to grow, the number of kids attending public K-12 schools will likely never again reach its 2019 peak. The rise of homeschooling—from around 2.8 percent of the school-aged population … [Read more...]
Teachers Unions Are More Powerful Than You Realize—but That May Be Changing
This article appeared on Foundation for Economic Education on August 31, 2020. 4 years later the premise is still true...but....are teachers unions losing any control? Teachers unions throughout the US claim to be looking out for the best interests of teachers and students, but they are deeply political organizations with significant influence over what, how, where, and with whom most children learn. While the nation’s largest teachers unions have long been deeply connected to the Democratic Party and left-wing ideology, this political affiliation has become increasingly apparent in recent months. From hinging their support for reopening schools on outrageous policy demands to … [Read more...]
Did the Washington Education Association (WEA) attempt to buy the 2020 elections in Washington State?
The original of this article can be found at: ShiftWA.org The Washington Education Association (WEA) is seriously misnamed, as the state’s largest teachers union is neither primarily focused on education or free association. It would be more accurate to describe the WEA as a Washington taxpayer funded SuperPAC for electing Democrats. If you think that’s an exaggeration, consider that with annual dues revenue of over $40 million dollars alone, not including sweetheart deals in other government contracts, the WEA is a money-making machine for Democrat candidates. That’s how the WEA was able to spend millions of dollars, taken from each union member’s taxpayer-funded paycheck, to … [Read more...]