Tag: Teachers Union

Teachers Union Calls to Scrap Girls and Boys School Uniforms and Sports Lessons for Trans Inclusion

Britain’s biggest teaching union has advised schools to stop segregated sports and use gender-neutral uniforms to become more “trans inclusive.” The Epoch Times has learned that controversial new guidelines from the National Education Union (NEU) also tell teachers to put an end to “boy-girl” classroom seating as it could “distress” trans or non-binary students. The…


NTD News Today (July 5): ‘Gender Queer’ Book Recommended by Teachers’ Union; GOP Pushes Back on Land Leases for Conservation

The largest teachers’ union in the United States is recommending that teachers put a controversial book on their summer reading lists. “Gender Queer” was listed on the NEA’s “Great Summer Reads for Educators!” in the “banned books” section. The Bureau of Land Management wants to start selling federal land leases for conservation, but Republicans say this…


Tennessee Gov. Signs Bill to Free Teachers From Mandatory Union Dues

Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee signed a new bill into law that would free teachers from paying mandatory union dues and increase their pay. Republicans in the state legislature have tried to remove the mandatory union fees for years. The Teacher Paycheck Protection Act was passed on May 18 and raises the minimum salary of teachers to $50,000 a year…


Colorado Teachers’ Union Passes Anti-Capitalist Resolution, Sparking Outcry From Republicans

Two Republican members of Colorado’s U.S. House delegation—Ken Buck and Doug Lamborn—have criticized the state’s teachers’ union for the passage of an anti-capitalist resolution at its recent assembly. In an email to the education publication The Lion, the Colorado Education Association (CEA) belatedly admitted last week to the passage of a resolution on April 22…


Teachers Union Thuggery

Commentary If thugs were hurting your kid, you’d do almost anything to stop them. The harm inflicted by the teachers unions is legalized thuggery. Here’s what you can do. The tragic consequences of union strong-arming will be on display Wednesday, when a House subcommittee grills American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on how the…


Largest Teachers Union Says Drag Queens Should Be Invited Into Schools

Teachers should support drag queen story time events as part of a push for more “inclusive teaching” in schools, the UK’s largest education union has announced. The National Education Union (NEU) passed a motion at its annual conference that said initiatives like drag queen story time and inviting LGBT+ authors into schools can “help challenge…


Los Angeles Unified Shortens Winter Break from 3 Weeks to 2 Weeks

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) last week announced it would significantly cut its winter break—a move that has the district’s teachers union crying foul. The district March 27 announced plans to shorten its three-week winter break—which typically takes place from mid-December to the first week of January—to two-and-a-half weeks in the upcoming 2023–24…


Los Angeles Unified Shortens Winter Break from 3 to 2 Weeks

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) last week announced it would significantly cut its winter break—a move that has the district’s teachers union crying foul. The district March 27 announced plans to shorten its three-week winter break—which typically takes place from mid-December to the first week of January—to two-and-a-half weeks in the upcoming 2023–24…


LIVE at 11AM ET: Biden’s New Culture War; ‘Equity’ Orders Are Unconstitutional and Un-American

The White House’s new executive orders pit Americans against each other. Does an arrogant and out-of-touch ruling party not know that division and chaos are sure to follow? Or is that the plan? In this hard-hitting two-part episode of Over the Target Live, Lee Smith speaks with Gene Hamilton and Terry Schilling about the political…


LIVE NOW: Biden’s New Culture War; ‘Equity’ Orders Are Unconstitutional and Un-American

The White House’s new executive orders pit Americans against each other. Does an arrogant and out-of-touch ruling party not know that division and chaos are sure to follow? Or is that the plan? In this hard-hitting two-part episode of Over the Target Live, Lee Smith speaks with Gene Hamilton and Terry Schilling about the political…