Let’s Flush the Bathroom Bill

By Larry Sand
10/22/2013
A new California law is agenda driven, hurts kids and is totally unnecessary. A look back through recent history reveals that legislators and the educational establishment, taking its marching orders from the teachers unions, have needlessly foisted sexuality into children’s lives. The radical agenda of the activists seeks to divest children of any prudish, old-world...

TAGS: California Federation of Teachers, California Teachers Association, Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, Kevin Jennings, Larry Sand, National Education Association, teachers unions

Labor Stains

By Larry Sand
10/08/2013
A new American Federation of Teachers financial report shows that the union has not modified its anti-child and anti-conservative stance. Courtesy of education writer RiShawn Biddle, we get to peek at the latest edition of the American Federation of Teachers LM-2, a yearly financial report detailing union income and spending. No surprises. Just the same...

TAGS: American Federation of Teachers, Larry Sand, Mike Antonucci, National Education Association, Randi Weingarten, RiShawn Biddle, teachers unions, Tom Corbett

Right-to-Work Rights and Wrongs

By Larry Sand
08/13/2013
Teachers union treasurer perpetuates myths about worker freedom. The term “right-to-work” (RTW) very simply means that workers don’t have to pay dues to a union as a condition of employment. In the U.S., there are 24 such states and 26 where paying dues to a union  is required in many workplaces. The unions, with all...

TAGS: Arlene Inouye, Bob Peterson, California Charter School Association, collective bargaining, Larry Sand, National Education Association, National Right to Work Foundation, Right to Work, Scott Walker, teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles, Wisconsin Education Association Council

“I’m Randi Weingarten and Now, the Fake News.”

By Larry Sand
07/30/2013
Teachers union makes news with meaningless words and a misleading poll. Norm MacDonald is famous for opening the comedic news segment on Saturday Night Live by introducing himself and telling the audience that it’s time for the “fake news.” I thought of this when, at the recent American Federation of Teachers convention, President Randi Weingarten...

TAGS: American Federation of Teachers, Cato Institute, EAG, Jason Bedrick, Larry Sand, Lindsey Burke, Michelle Rhee, Mike Antonucci, National Education Association, Randi Weingarten, Stephen Sawchuk, teachers union, The Heritage Foundation, Valerie Strauss

The Media and Teachers Unions: Creepy Crass Actors

By Larry Sand
07/23/2013
Joining a racially charged situation, largely inflamed by the media, the nation’s teachers unions hypocritically play the civil rights card. To acknowledge the obvious, the February 26, 2012 events in Sanford, FL were tragic. Trayvon Martin is dead and George Zimmerman will be haunted – and very possibly hunted – for the rest of his...

TAGS: ACLU, American Federation of Teachers, California Federation of Teachers, California Teachers Association, Dennis Van Roekel, Larry Sand, National Education Association, Randi Weingarten, RiShawn Biddle, Students Matter, teachers unions, United Teachers of Los Angeles, Vergara v California

California Lawsuit Challenges Mandatory Agency Fees

By Larry Sand
07/12/2013
If the California Teachers Association and its parent, the National Education Association, represent Goliath, then ten teachers and a small union alternative called the Christian Educators Association International are fitting stand-ins for David. They’re taking on the CTA with a lawsuit aimed squarely at California’s “agency-shop” law, which they claim violates public school teachers’ First Amendment rights...

TAGS: agency fee, California Teachers Association, California Teachers Empowerment Network, Center for Individual Rights, CTA, Knox v. SEIU, National Education Association, NEA

Kill ‘Em or Unionize ‘Em

By Larry Sand
07/09/2013
As charter schools have become more popular than ever, teachers unions dither about how to deal with them. Though there are now over 6,000 charter schools in the U.S., including 1,000 in California, it’s not nearly enough to satisfy demand, as parents have awakened to the fact that many traditional public schools aren’t doing the...

TAGS: American Federation of Teachers, California Charter School Association, California Teachers Association, Charter schools, Larry Sand, Mike Antonucci, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, National Education Association, Randi Weingarten, teachers union

U.S. – #1 in Education … Spending

By Larry Sand
07/02/2013
But in educational achievement, we are not even close to the top. The National Education Association just came out with a “research” report which should be taken about as seriously as the Tobacco Institute study that denied the link between smoking and lung cancer. The “Rankings of the States 2012 and Estimates of School Statistics...

TAGS: Choice Media, education spending, Larry Sand, National Education Association, Paul Peterson, teachers unions

Mothers Against Bunk Jiving

By Larry Sand
05/14/2013
Teacher union twaddle is not fooling the nation’s moms any more. National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wrote a tired piece for Huffington Post last week in which he trotted out all the usual phrases and suspects that we have come to expect from a union boss who is trying to scare us into...

TAGS: American Legislative Exchange Council, Dennis Van Roekel, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, Greg Forster, Larry Sand, National Education Association, school choice, teachers union, vouchers

Opportunity Re-Knox

By Larry Sand
05/07/2013
A recently filed lawsuit in California picks up where Knox v. SEIU left off. In a case brought to the Supreme Court by the National Right to Work Foundation last June, the justices ruled 7-2 that the Service Employees International Union could not force its members to pay the part of union dues that goes...

TAGS: agency fee, California Teachers Association, California Teachers Empowerment Network, Center for Individual Rights, Christian Educators Association International, Knox v. SEIU, Larry Sand, National Education Association, National Right to Work Foundation, Samuel Alito, Service Employees International Union, Steve Greenhut