Union taught WI public school students have lower test scores than non-union Texas.

By: chieftain (Diary)  |  March 18th at 02:44 AM  | 

Contrary to widespread public perception, the public union educational system in Wisconsin on average does no better job of educating students than that of 5 states that do not permit teacher collective bargaining, viz, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, or Virginia. See http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2011/03/longhorns-17-badgers-1.html Actually, Wisconsin students categorized as “black, hispanic, or asian” generally perform poorly when compared to black, hispanic, or asian categorized students from these southern | Read More »

Anyone got a form for teachers to request refund of union dues e.g. in WI, TN, OH?

By: chieftain (Diary)  |  March 7th at 02:24 AM  | 

While a few teachers were calling in sick and getting fraudulent sick notes in the People’s Republic of Madison, many were going to work.  Some of these diligent professionals dread the bad publicity engendered by the bad apples.  Some teachers are concerned about union willingness to trade layoffs for keeping such union “rights” as (1) having the government collect $700 to $1,000 in yearly dues | Read More »