Virginians who support giving parents more say in schools spoke loud and clear at the ballot box this month. But the conversation isn’t over until policymakers also consider the rights of teachers.

To many lawmakers, government union leaders are the de facto spokespeople for teachers. In fact, last year, lawmakers in Richmond expanded unions’ power by enabling Virginia school boards to allow unions to negotiate monopoly contracts for all teachers, even those who did not want a union representing them.

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