The Twitter hashtag "Edupocalypse" has seen some use in recent weeks and months as our nation's schools closed down and all but stopped teaching.
The average for Republicans over that 30-year span: 4%. We mention this because the far-left-of-center teachers unions seem to be in a full-court press on keeping schools from opening, despite plentiful evidence from studies that show it's in children's best interest to return.
The Times piece adds: "Some critics see teachers' unions as trying to have it both ways: Reluctant to return to classrooms, but also resistant in some districts to providing a full day of remote school via tools like live video."
"More than 10 teachers unions - including those in Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul- have joined up with the Democratic Socialists of America to say that 'schools cannot continue in this crisis without the resources our students need and deserve'," Reason Magazine recently commented.
Two huge national unions, and their state and local counterparts, now have immense power over our school systems, from per-student spending and class-size to administration and, of course, curriculum and teachers' pay and perks.
If we're all lucky, this generation of parents will tire of the lies and promises not kept by the unions and the administrative educrats, and begin seriously looking at alternatives, including charter schools, proven private-school programs, and successful online academies, among other elements of school choice.
"Unions block the reforms that will structurally change a broken system and in return, promise increased funding, which will, in turn, be drained away by the broken system," wrote Wisconsin public school teacher Daniel Buck on the Foundation for Economic Education in early 2018.
The average for Republicans over that 30-year span: 4%. We mention this because the far-left-of-center teachers unions seem to be in a full-court press on keeping schools from opening, despite plentiful evidence from studies that show it's in children's best interest to return.
The Times piece adds: "Some critics see teachers' unions as trying to have it both ways: Reluctant to return to classrooms, but also resistant in some districts to providing a full day of remote school via tools like live video."
"More than 10 teachers unions - including those in Boston, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul- have joined up with the Democratic Socialists of America to say that 'schools cannot continue in this crisis without the resources our students need and deserve'," Reason Magazine recently commented.
Two huge national unions, and their state and local counterparts, now have immense power over our school systems, from per-student spending and class-size to administration and, of course, curriculum and teachers' pay and perks.
If we're all lucky, this generation of parents will tire of the lies and promises not kept by the unions and the administrative educrats, and begin seriously looking at alternatives, including charter schools, proven private-school programs, and successful online academies, among other elements of school choice.
"Unions block the reforms that will structurally change a broken system and in return, promise increased funding, which will, in turn, be drained away by the broken system," wrote Wisconsin public school teacher Daniel Buck on the Foundation for Economic Education in early 2018.
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