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Devil's Advocate: Colorado Considers Parent Trigger0
- March 4, 2011
Tune in to Devil’s Advocate as host Jon Caldara is joined by State Representative Don Beezley and the Independence Institute’s Ben DeGrow to discuss Representative Beezley’s “parent trigger” legislation, which would empower parents to transform a low-performing school into a charter or innovation school. The Wisconsin public employee union showdown also emerges as a topic of conversation.
READ MOREPublic Unions Organize Against Their Fellow Citizens0
- March 4, 2011
Some have compared Wisconsin union protesters to the recent Egyptian street demonstrators. Superficial similarities aside, the comparison misses the point. Egyptians protested against a dictator. Union leaders protest against taxpaying citizens.
READ MOREPushing Back Against Public Employee Unions0
- February 22, 2011
A significant piece of Wisconsin legislation to cut spending and rein in public employee union power has led to protests and a lot of national media attention. Education policy analyst Ben DeGrow breaks down the differences between public and private sector unions, what the bill would actually do, the potential national impact, and whether any of the ideas might be a good fit for Colorado.
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From ACORN to Working America: AFT Spends $2.6 Million in 2009-10 Dues on Advocacy Groups0
- February 15, 2011
Most teachers union members in Colorado are affiliated with the National Education Association, but a smaller (though significant) number belong to the American Federation of Teachers. Some of that AFT dues money goes to national headquarters. How is some of that money spent?
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Well, union organizations under federal oversight annually have to post a financial disclosure […]Two Local Iowa Teachers Unions Secede from NEA, State Affiliate in One Week’s Time0
- February 9, 2011
The Education Intelligence Agency’s Mike Antonucci
READ MOREA Good Value?: National Education Association Spends $13 Million on Assorted Advocacy Groups0
- January 19, 2011
Member of a local teachers union in Colorado? Then most likely (unless you belong to the AFT) $166 of your dues this year is going straight to National Education Association headquarters in Washington, D.C. What is some of your money used for — when not funding negative political ads during election season, that is?
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