Teachers Unions, Super PACs, and the 2024 Election
A super PAC, as they are commonly called, is short for super political action committee. It is technically not a political action committee but rather an independent expenditure-only committee that…
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InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
A New Jim Crow Era: Blacks Only
We have learned from our Jim Crow Era mistakes in the past, right? Or are we seeing a resurgence of a new type of segregation, not just in the South…
A New Jim Crow Era: Modern Parallels
So-called progressives have resurrected all the elements of the Jim Crow Era. Special privileges and facilities for certain races, division by racial groups, harassment and browbeating of the new racial…
A New Jim Crow Era: Segregated Schools
In the classroom, the teachers unions are often behind modern segregation efforts. For example, the NEA is complaining that some states are starting to close segregated spaces on college campuses.
InfluenceWatch Friday
The information compiled in InfluenceWatch gives news outlets and other interested parties to use this research in future reporting on significant topics that are often overlooked by the American public.
Pro-Palestine in the Classroom
On December 6, 2023, teachers in Oakland, California, held a pro-Palestine teach-in for their students—with the support of the Oakland Education Association, the local teachers union. More than 100 teachers…
The California Teachers Association and the $2.5 Billion Crusade Against Nuclear Power
Bad advice drives bad policy, and one of the Golden State’s great destroyers has been the California Teachers Association (CTA). For example, the CTA cosigned an April 2021 joint letter…
Advancing After Getting Education Right
Advancing from Getting Education Right to getting education right will require combating the institutions—the teachers colleges, the labor unions, the bureaucracies, the Big Philanthropies, the universities—that have put education into…
Chicago Teachers Union: An Example in Corruption
If you want a textbook example of teachers union corruption, look no further than the gold standard for scandal and failure: the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). In 2023, there were…