http://www.neaexposed.com/blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:17:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In yesterday’s Los Angeles Daily News, LA’s second biggest newspaper, there was an article about the president of the 43,000 member United Teachers of Los Angeles with an interesting title - UTLA Head A.J. Duffy Fights to Make Union Part of Reform. In the body of the article, he huffs, "School ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=599      It appears that the public’s growing frustration with teachers unions and their collective bargaining contracts is finally starting to boil over.      This week, “Boston United for Students,” a coalition of students, parents and education advocates, rallied outside of the Boston School Department’s headquarters to demand a more student-focused teachers ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=597   September 2, 2010 Civil rights groups loyal to unions, not black students How can minority kids escape awful inner-city schools if minority leaders won't help? By Steve Gunn EAG Communications Civil rights organizations like the NAACP, the National Urban League and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition are traditional allies of the national teachers unions. That's understandable from a historic ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=592      Rhode Island resident Rob Ziegler took time to write in to the Valley Breeze newspaper with his thoughts on the state's Race to the Top application and rightly called state union leadership out for its resistance to change. Here's what he had to say: Union support needed to boost 'Race to ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=587      A July 2010 Gallup Poll found that only 34 percent of Americans have trust in the nation’s public school system; that’s down four points from 2009.       Most Americans believe that the public schools are failing the nation’s children.  But as a new column from Anthony B. Bradley makes clear, ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=585 The can of worms opened a couple of weeks ago by the Los Angeles Times will be with us for some time. On August 14th, the Los Angeles Times ran a story called Who is Teaching Our Kids? What they did was this-- * The Times obtained math and English scores ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=583      According to the president of the National Education Association, Dennis Van Roekel, the state of Texas should not spend any more money on charter schools because “the results are not there.”       “You cannot make a case that we ought to invest more money in charter schools based on the ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=579 August 26, 2010   One union pension bailout could lead to another . . . Will taxpayers pick up the tab for $1 trillion in teacher pension liabilities?   By Ben Velderman EAG Communications        WASHINGTON, D. C. - Will the madness ever end?        Just over two weeks ago, Congress passed a $10 billion “Education Jobs Fund” that ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=576      Will the madness ever stop?  Just over two weeks ago, Congress passed a $10 billion “Education Jobs Fund” that gave money to cash-strapped states to keep teachers and other school employees on the job.  It was spun as a victory for the kids, but the real winners were the ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=573 August 19, 2010   Teachers union fights transparency and accountability in LA Unions should realize that their tantrums are a turn-off for the public   By Steve Gunn EAG Communications        LOS ANGELES - Accountability is a dirty word for teachers unions.      They believe it's unfair to hold their members responsible for the outcome of their work, ... http://www.neaexposed.com/blog/?p=568