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Mar 22 2021
Analysis
Everybody Except Teachers Unions Loves the CDC's Revised School Distancing Guidelines
As foreshadowed last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Friday morning shortened its recommended distance between K-12 students from six feet to three feet, a change that could hasten full-time schooling for millions of remote and hybrid learners.
"We don't really have the evidence that 6 feet is required in order to maintain low spread," CDC Community
Reason
Mar 10 2021
Analysis
COVID Isn’t A Threat To American Kids — Selfish Teachers, Their Unions, And Their Democrat Allies Are
It’s time we realize we are not “in this together.” Yes, we’ve heard that from Hollywood videos and Super Bowl ads, and from politicians and commercials, but unfortunately it just ain’t so.
When President Joe Biden made a rare public appearance for a CNN town hall in February, for example, Justin Belot, a teacher in his mid-30s, asked, “Why is it OK” to make him and his colleague go
The Federalist
Feb 10 2021
News
Parents Divided Over Teacher Unions School Reopening Demands
California Governor Gavin Newsom wants kids back in school, but teachers’ unions across the state are calling for the continuation of remote learning. In a letter to the governor, the California Teachers Association (CTA) asked Newsom to keep schools remote in purple tier regions and to increase safety regulations.
“Nonetheless, we need a clear and coordinated state, county, and local
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Feb 05 2021
News
Democrats, Under Union Pressure on Reopening Schools, Must Choose Teachers or Parents
Democrats are facing increasing pressure from parents to reintroduce in-person teaching while education unions resist party leaders' efforts to get pupils back in the classroom.
California and Chicago have emerged as flashpoints in the debate about schools reopening as unions in both locations refuse to resume in-person teaching amid concerns about COVID-19.
Unions in Chicago say
Newsweek
Feb 23 2022
News
Teachers’ Union Heavyweight Mocks Parental Calls for Transparency, Demands Report on What Kids Learn at Home
A high-ranking member of one of the largest teachers’ unions in California published a satirical letter Monday mocking parental calls for curriculum transparency, demanding a detailed report of the content and influences children are being exposed to at home.
Owen Jackman, a delegate to the California Teachers’ Union state council and a teacher in Sacramento City Unified School District
National Review
Aug 05 2020
Opinion
Teachers Unions Are Attempting Political Blackmail. It’s Time To Break Them Up
It’s not enough that public school teachers and the college professors who train them are increasingly prone to teaching leftist absurdities like “2+2=5” or presenting the mendacious 1619 Project as legitimate American history. Teachers unions are now trying to blackmail the entire country into meeting a set of leftist political demands for reopening the schools this fall, using COVID-19 as
The Federalist
Sep 07 2020
Analysis
This Labor Day, Police and Teachers Unions Are Making a Bad Year Worse
Labor Day is a celebration of the labor movement and its representation of the interests of workers in American society. Unions have historically been a force for good as workers fought for better conditions. But 2020 has brought us a reality check about just how toxic organized labor—in the form of police and teachers unions—can be. These organizations aren't solely responsible for the
Reason
Oct 28 2019
News
Teachers Union Now Training Members To Use Identity Politics in The Classroom
A prominent teachers union is training it members to inject identity politics into nearly all aspects of teaching, and included in its journals biased and debunked information.
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation’s second-largest teachers union, took to the pages of its quarterly journal, “American Educator,” to instruct members to incorporate liberal ideology in
The Daily Wire
Jan 13 2022
News
Nation’s Largest Teachers Union Wrote A Letter Calling On Social Media Companies To Restrict ‘Propaganda’ About Critical Race Theory
Following the National School Boards Association letter sent to the White House comparing parents to domestic terrorists, the nation’s largest teachers union sent a letter to social media companies encouraging them to crack down on “propaganda” surrounding Critical Race Theory (CRT) and other education concerns raised by parents.
National Education Association (NEA) president Becky
The Daily Caller