“We need to take on the teachers' union once and for all.” NeedsValuesTeacherUnionsConservativeConservative ValuesTeachers Unions Author:Chris Christie
“The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the unions protest the loudest. Their attitude was memorably expressed by a longtime president of the American Federation of Teachers: He said, quote, 'When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of children.'” WayChildrenSaidIdeasSchoolLostPresidentInterestAttitudeTeacherGroupsExampleOffersUnionsDareDuesProtestNew IdeasRepresentingFederationTeachers Unions Author:Mitt Romney
“Just as members of American teachers unions often send their own children to private schools, so unionized workers at government-run hospitals in Britain have insurance that allows them to go to private hospitals. In both cases, those on the inside realize how bad these institutions are, regardless of what they say to those on the outside.” ChildrenGovernmentRunningSchoolRealizingCasesTeacherMembersInstitutionsUnionsWorkersBritainHospitalsPrivate SchoolTeachers Unions Author:Thomas Sowell
“In the current environment, attributing low student performance to teacher tenure is one of the great unproven causal links out there. The relationship just hasn't been examined very carefully, but we should all recognize that in higher education the strongest institutions generally have the most robust tenure systems, and in elementary and secondary, the states with the strongest teacher unions (and tenure systems) tend to have the highest student performance.” ShouldStatesEnvironmentTeacherStudentsHigherHighestLowsPerformancesInstitutionsUnionsCurrentsStrongestLinksRobustHigher EducationTenureTeachers Unions Author:Nicholas Lemann
“No segment of the population has lost more by the agendas of the liberal constituencies of the Democratic Party than the black population. The teachers' unions, environmental fanatics and the ACLU are just some of the groups to whose interests blacks have been sacrificed wholesale. Lousy education and high crime rates in the ghettos, and unaffordable housing elsewhere with building restrictions, are devastating prices to pay for liberalism.” Has BeensLostBlackInterestPartyPayTeacherGroupsCrimeBuildingUnionsDemocraticEnvironmentalRatePopulationLiberalismAgendasElsewhereHousingRestrictionDemocratic PartyFanaticsGhettoWholesaleCrime RatesTeachers Unions Author:Thomas Sowell
“So long as public schools are treated as places that exist to provide guaranteed jobs to members of the teachers' unions, do not be surprised to see American students continuing to score lower on international tests than students in countries that spend a lot less per pupil than we do.” LongCountrySchoolJobsTeacherStudentsMembersTestsUnionsInternationalTreatedScoreContinuingPublic SchoolPupilsTeachers Unions Author:Thomas Sowell
“Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.” KidsAcceptingTeacherLowsStandardsPressureUnionsMediocrityTacticsTeachers Unions Author:Jeb Bush
“Most blacks want school vouchers, but most liberals vehemently oppose them. Why? Because what is good for teachers' unions is of more importance to the Left than what is good for blacks. Who, then, is racist? By their own admission, and by the policies they pursue, the answer is the people who call themselves progressive.” PeopleWantSchoolLeftAnswersTeacherPolicyImportanceUnionsPursueRacistProgressiveAdmissionVouchersTeachers Unions Book:Dennis Prager: Volume I Source: Dennis Prager: Volume I
“We're not spending enough money, but probably we let the teachers unions set curriculas which don't teach them the right things. There's not emphasis on the ...the basic learning that you need if you're going to go on in a college and into post-graduate work.” IfsNeedsEnoughTeachTeacherCollegeGoes OnUnionsSpendingPostsRight ThingGraduatesEmphasisTeachers Unions Author:Rupert Murdoch