Today, we see Chicago teachers on strike, waving placards, chanting and making news, while keeping 350,000 schoolchildren out of the classroom, their educations on hold while the teachers unions hold out for more from the city of Chicago.

How can one private organization, the Chicago Teachers Union, disrupt the lives of so many children and their families in one of America’s largest cities? Far less dramatically, but far more importantly, the teachers unions and their bosses are wrecking K-12 education for all America’s public school students every day all across America.