What Unions Are Teaching Us

Arnold - Education CopThe unions are at it again…

“The nation’s largest teachers union and school districts in three states Wednesday launched a legal fight over No Child Left Behind, aiming to free schools from complying with any part of the education law not paid for by the federal government, ” the AP reports.

Surprise, surprise. It’s all about the money. On the surface, it may appear to be an issue of fairness. But beneath, it’s all about a bloated union bureaucracy demanding more money without being pegged to performance.

Maybe that’s why Gov. Schwarzenegger is pushing an initiative to establish merit pay for teachers in California. At least that way, the best teachers get rewarded while the worst get flushed out. Makes good sense. Only a lousy instructor would object to that.

Some might argue it’s unfortunate that we even need the NCLB program. At an earlier time in America’s history, we didn’t. What happened?

The unions will have different answers than the parents, for sure.

2 Responses to “What Unions Are Teaching Us”

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  2. Pam Vorkapich Says:

    I am a teacher in Ohio, where can we get at proposed law like Proposition 75. I would love to have say in which PAC OEA/NEA spends my dues money! I hope this passes California, lets keep it going Nation wide, Can Ohio be next!!!!
    Go Arnold!

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