Recent news of the American Federation of Teachers organizing teachers in two KIPP charter schools in New York City raises the profile of the growing movement to unionize charter schools. Syndicated columnist and former Colorado education commissioner William Moloney discusses the significance of the news in the broader context of growing Democrat support for charter schools in Colorado and nationally, as well as the efforts of labor officials to advance costly and intrusive card-check legislation in Congress. The chances of academic success for many American students’ may be at stake.
