LA Times blasts teachers union
LA Times blasts teachers union
UTLA’s anti-Israel stance draws criticism from union’s strongest supporters
California’s largest school districts are underwater
California’s largest school districts are underwater
Massive debt raises questions about new spending proposals
National teachers union now supporting vaccine mandate for educators
National teachers union now supporting vaccine mandate for educators
Top doc adds: If they don’t want to get vaccinated, I would mandate that they get vaccinated
The teacher union’s love-hate relationship with testing
The teacher union’s love-hate relationship with testing
Testing for thee, but not for me. That’s the message sent to parents by the United Teachers Los Angeles. In its latest demonstration of epic irony, the union is demanding all 600,000 students subject to its reign be tested weekly for COVID-19 in order to return to the classroom, while simultaneously lobbying the district to...
Listen: The coming bacon apocalypse
Listen: The coming bacon apocalypse
In this week’s episode of National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast, CPC’s Will Swaim and David Bahnsen discuss the breakfast panic making its way to California: a potential bacon shortage caused by taxpayers. In recall news, the race is tightening and Governor Gavin Newsom has called the one and only Elizabeth Warren for help. California’s...
More union-induced GPA inflation
More union-induced GPA inflation
It’s not everyday that a parent gets an email from their school district telling them that they can change their child’s grade if they didn’t like the last one. It’s even more surreal that the legislature thought that this was a good policy. With few exceptions, nearly every legislator voted to approve AB 104 by...
The annual teacher shortage canard
The annual teacher shortage canard
Despite our ever-changing world, there are some annual events we can all count on: the earth will circle the sun, Christmas will be celebrated December 25th, and the California legislature will raise taxes on its citizens. And we can now add that list – howling from the media and the teachers unions that America has...
Back to school?
Back to school?
I want to believe that California’s public schools will reopen this fall. I really do. When the Los Angeles Unified School District and United Teachers Los Angeles finally reached an agreement in late June to fully reopen schools this fall, I was cautiously optimistic. Los Angeles was the major holdout in the state, remaining more...
Government unions bankrolling Newsom
Government unions bankrolling Newsom
Nearly half of the governor’s contributions are from unions. What’s in it for them?
Listen: The stewards of sustainability
Listen: The stewards of sustainability
Latest episode of the Radio Free California podcast is out!
Defective bargaining
Defective bargaining
A challenger for governor of California could radically improve education with one executive order. In a recent opinion piece in The Epoch Times, veteran writer John Seiler put forth a set of strategies for a Republican to beat California Governor Gavin Newsom in the state’s September 14th recall election. Among other things, he suggests that...
Restoring the California Dream: An Agenda for the 21st Century
Restoring the California Dream: An Agenda for the 21st Century
Fixing California- A review
Fixing California- A review
Forty-some-odd candidates have officially thrown their hats into the ring to replace Governor Gavin Newsom if voters recall him September 14. The list is a mere fraction of the 135 who faced off during the 2003 Gray Davis recall election, and, dare I say, a generally saner, though less well-known, bunch. There are a handful...
Use federal aid on students, not unions
Use federal aid on students, not unions
Editor’s note: This column is an expansion of a piece the author previously published in CalMatters on July 22, 2021. You can read that piece here. A massive battle is about to hit California school districts, and parents must prepare to fight for their students. Through a series of federal relief packages passed in Washington,...