School Reopenings Are Being Determined by Politics and Unions
School Reopenings Are Being Determined by Politics and Unions
School lockdowns have little if anything to do with “science.” A working paper released this month by Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform reveals that local politics – not the severity of COVID-19 – is the most important factor in determining whether k-12 public school districts opened for in-person learning in the fall. Political...
By Larry Sand
2019 California’s 482 Cities Rankings
2019 California’s 482 Cities Rankings
*The 2019 rankings are still in process as several cities are still preparing their 2019 audits. Use the Search Bar below to search for a specific cities ranking.
By John Moorlach
Why is the Prison Guards Union Targeting Senator Moorlach?
Why is the Prison Guards Union Targeting Senator Moorlach?
In a tight race, incumbent Republican state senator John Moorlach has been targeted by the prison guards union. In a report filed on October 1, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association Independent Expenditure Committee disclosed spending $910,705 on cable television ads and mailers opposing Moorlach. Running to unseat Senator Moorlach is Democrat Dave Min, whose campaign...
By Edward Ring
If Everyone Is Behind, Then No One Is Behind
If Everyone Is Behind, Then No One Is Behind
COVID-19 has further exposed the teachers unions’ disregard for children. In early September, researchers Corey DeAngelis and Christos Makridis released the results of a study they spearheaded, which found that “school districts in places with stronger teachers’ unions are much less likely to offer full-time, in-person instruction this fall.” The authors stress that the results...
By Larry Sand
Cultural Marxism for the Kids
Cultural Marxism for the Kids
The left’s plan to disfigure America is moving right along. The results of a survey released last week revealed that two-thirds of 18-39 year-old Americans do not know that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. One-half of the respondents could not name a single concentration camp. One-fourth said the holocaust was a myth...
By Larry Sand
Union Backed Prop. 15 Will Destroy Small Businesses
Union Backed Prop. 15 Will Destroy Small Businesses
California’s state and local governments, and the public sector unions that exercise nearly absolute control over the politicians who supposedly oversee them, have always had an insatiable desire for higher taxes. The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has added even more urgency to their insatiable quest for more money from taxpayers, but through the...
By Edward Ring
Union Power is Behind Fullerton’s Push for Higher Taxes
Union Power is Behind Fullerton’s Push for Higher Taxes
Did you know your taxes are being used to advocate for more taxes? Well, not exactly. It’s against the law for public agencies to engage in “advocacy.” The people running these agencies who want to raise your taxes may only spend public funds in order to “communicate” with you about their proposals. And so they...
By Edward Ring
The Audacity of Woke
The Audacity of Woke
While Covid-19 has a shelf life, “Woke-20” shows no sign of abating. With many schools across the country shuttered due to Covid-19, the woke zealots are in a bit of a snit. They can’t indoctrinate students with their one-sided radical views in the traditional classroom because, well, there is no classroom. Doing it online, you...
By Larry Sand
Kamalot
Kamalot
The nightmarish Biden/Harris ticket is the teachers union’s “dream team.” “You don’t just have a partner in the White House, you’ll have an NEA member in the White House.” Referring to his wife Jill, presidential hopeful Joe Biden uttered those words at the virtual National Education Association convention in early July. He also expressed dissatisfaction...
By Larry Sand
A Pension Recommendation for the California Teachers Association
A Pension Recommendation for the California Teachers Association
This week a fascinating article on the website of the Education Intelligence Agency revealed that the California Teachers Association, one of the most powerful labor unions in the world, is itself having labor problems. Moreover, the labor problems they’re encountering are because they’re trying to be fiscally responsible. Setting aside for a moment all the grievances that education reformers...
By Edward Ring
Distinguished Speaker Series: Will Swaim
Distinguished Speaker Series: Will Swaim
The Pacific Club hosts a distinguished speaker series each month for its members. August highlighted CPC’s President, Will Swaim. If you are having trouble playing the video, click here.
By California Policy Center
Inform Employees and Employers About Their Janus Rights
Inform Employees and Employers About Their Janus Rights
In 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued its landmark Janus decision, confirming that it’s unconstitutional for government employers to deduct union dues or fees from employee paychecks without the employee’s permission. In other words, no employee whose workplace is represented by a government union can be forced to pay any part of his or...
By California Policy Center
California’s Public-Sector Unions Rake in $921 Million in Annual Revenue
California’s Public-Sector Unions Rake in $921 Million in Annual Revenue
There is no special interest in California that wields more influence over state and local politics than public sector unions. At every level of government, from the office of the governor to a school board managing a district with only a few hundred students, public sector unions are omnipresent. With rare exceptions, to defy their...
By Edward Ring
L.A. Teachers Union: Give us $250 Million, Or Keep Schools Closed
L.A. Teachers Union: Give us $250 Million, Or Keep Schools Closed
Wiki Commons The second-largest public school district in the United States is in turmoil. Los Angeles Unified School District, with over 600,000 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade at over 1,000 schools, may not be open for the business of teaching on August 18. How to handle the COVID-19 pandemic is the issue, and there is...
By Edward Ring