Tag: Teachers Unions

Chicago Teachers Union May Day Protest Chicago Public Schools (Credit: Siena Rose)

I went undercover at Chicago May Day rally. Here’s what taxpayers funded

Siena Rose · May 7, 2026 6:00 am

People gather before a May Day rally in Chicago, Friday, May 1, 2026.

Chicago teachers unions organize students for socialist May Day protests

Rena Rowe · May 1, 2026 2:12 pm

Demonstrators gather at Butler Field in Grant Park for the "No Kings! Rally and March" in Chicago.

Patriotism and Unity

May Day: Chicago’s classroom coup

Josh Weiner · May 1, 2026 6:00 am

National Education Association

Don’t believe the NEA’s ‘average teacher pay’ claims

Terry Stoops · April 27, 2026 12:05 pm

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters.

Even socialist NYC mayor Mamdani can’t satisfy the teachers union

Aaron Withe · April 13, 2026 6:00 am

Diversity Fairfax County education Virginia

Diversity isn’t strengthening Fairfax County school schedules

Conn Carroll · April 10, 2026 5:54 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, greets a supporter on stage with AFT President Randi Weingarten.

Students deserve better from Randi Weingarten’s American Federation of Teachers

Laurel Libby · April 7, 2026 7:00 am

National Education Association President Becky Pringle testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Major teachers union funds group planning to stage anti-ICE protests at public schools

Robert Schmad · April 2, 2026 5:00 am

Wells Preparatory Elementary School teacher Charlotte Owens, left, works with her fifth grade students during the literature segment of their day, Friday, March 8, 2024, in Chicago. In Chicago Public Schools, the average reading score went up by the equivalent of 70% of a grade level from 2022 to 2023. Math gains were less dramatic, with students still behind almost half a grade level compared to 2019. Chicago officials credit the improvement to changes made possible with nearly $3 billion in federal relief.

Minnesota taxpayers on the hook for race-based teacher recruitment

Robert Schmad · March 9, 2026 5:00 am

National Education Association

A warning for millions of educators nationwide from New Jersey

Ann Marie Pocklembo · February 21, 2026 6:00 am

Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).

The government union threat to good government in Virginia

Washington Examiner · February 16, 2026 5:00 am

Educators rally as a strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District entered its fifth day outside City Hall in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Clashes over pay, class sizes, and support-staff levels in the district led to its first strike in 30 years and prompted the staffing of classrooms with substitute teachers and administrators.

Beltway Confidential

Teachers union helps make San Francisco too expensive, then shuts down schools for raises

Zachary Faria · February 13, 2026 1:42 pm