Teachers Unions

Pupils at Williamwood High School attend a biology class on February 5, 2010 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers union caught breaking campaign finance laws, gets off easy

Jason Russell -

July 22, 2015 4:12 pm

Having already been through a months-long legislative process, the smooth, two-day conference committee was surely a relief for members and staff on the House and Senate education committees. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Winners and losers in the Senate’s fix to No Child Left Behind

Jason Russell -

July 16, 2015 8:43 pm

Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,Â scolded critics of No Child Left Behind, saying the law, while it had its flaws, had been made a scapegoat for educational problems that were instead caused by institutional racism.

Education

Civil rights groups slam Senate Education bill for reducing federal oversight

Sean Higgins -

July 16, 2015 7:47 pm

Not only are these union representatives paid to work outside the classroom; they also make more than the average Michigan teacher. According to the Michigan Department of Education, the average 2013-14 teacher's salary was $72,500. (Getty Image)

Beltway Confidential

School board provides $250,000 to teachers working on union business

Emily Leayman -

July 13, 2015 8:35 pm

Politics

Hillary Clinton picks up endorsement from third-largest labor union

Kelly Cohen -

July 12, 2015 3:58 pm

English teacher Radka Tomasek speaks to the class at the English Center June 16, 2006 in Miami, Fla. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Op-Eds

The labor case that could lead to educational freedom

Ilya Shapiro, Jason Bedrick -

July 9, 2015 4:01 am

Education

Debate over student testing splits liberals

Sean Higgins -

July 7, 2015 10:49 pm

Hillary Clinton, left, and New York City first lady Chirlane McCray visit a classroom for children seven to 18 months at FirstStepNYC, an early childhood development center on April 1, 2015 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Kathy Willens-Pool/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s what Clinton, O’Malley and Sanders told America’s biggest teachers union

Jason Russell -

July 7, 2015 6:58 pm

In this 2013, photo provided by Center for Individual Rights, Rebecca Friedrichs, a veteran Orange County, Calif., school teacher, poses for a portrait. Friedrichs is the lead plaintiff in a case brought by group of California schoolteachers asking the Supreme Court to rule that unions representing government workers can't collect fees from those who choose not to join. (Greg Schneider/Courtesy of the Center for Individual Rights via AP)

Politics

Supreme Court agrees to hear major right-to-work case

Sean Higgins -

June 30, 2015 7:18 pm

In a letter to the Senate, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights said it could not support the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act because the current version lacks any significant testing systems. (AP Photo)

Education

Education fight pits teachers unions against civil rights activists

Sean Higgins -

June 25, 2015 4:01 am

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Tag: Teachers Unions

Teachers union caught breaking campaign finance laws, gets off easy

Winners and losers in the Senate’s fix to No Child Left Behind

Civil rights groups slam Senate Education bill for reducing federal oversight

School board provides $250,000 to teachers working on union business

Hillary Clinton picks up endorsement from third-largest labor union

The labor case that could lead to educational freedom

Debate over student testing splits liberals

Here’s what Clinton, O’Malley and Sanders told America’s biggest teachers union

Supreme Court agrees to hear major right-to-work case

Education fight pits teachers unions against civil rights activists

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