All Posts Tagged With: "teacher unions"
Faculty Unions Versus Academic Legitimacy
The faculty at Montana State University in Bozeman will soon vote on whether to unionize. If a majority vote yes, the school will gradually descend into academic mediocrity or worse. The vast majority of unionized faculty in higher education are employed in government colleges and universities. This is because in 1980 the U.S. Supreme Court, [...]
1Jun2008 | Charles W. Baird | 2 comments | ContinuedEducational Savior?
Daniel Hager is a freelance writer in Lansing, Michigan. George S. Counts is not a widely recognized figure in twentieth-century American education, but he was extremely influential. Twenty-five years after his death, the damage caused by this one-time president of the American Federation of Teachers lives on. The first step in counteracting his effects is [...]
1Jun1999 | Daniel Hager | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Teacher Unions by Myron Lieberman
The Free Press • 1997 • 305 pages • $25.00 Which organization is responsible for doing the greatest long-term damage to the socioeconomic fabric of the United States? There are several obvious contenders for this title, but I would name the nation’s two big teacher unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation [...]
1Apr1998 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | Continued-
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