Commentary Operating schools is a business, not something governments do. Public sector enterprises and public sector employees are less creative than the private sector, almost by definition, and are not capable of running a school district. This is why until 1890, when progressives created what we have today (amalgamated public school districts), all U.S. schools…
Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers, Part IV
June 22, 2023
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LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (April 28): Teachers Union Chief Offered Edits on CDC School Reopening; 10,000 FBI Agents Can Spy on Citizens: OIG
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten admitted to offering edits to the CDC’s school reopening guidelines during testimony on Capitol Hill. She denies suggesting substantive changes. More than 10,000 federal employees could have access to Americans’ data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Three witnesses testified on the issue at a House Judiciary subcommittee…
NTD News Today (April 28): Teachers Union Chief Offered Edits on CDC School Reopening; 10,000 FBI Agents Can Spy on Citizens: OIG
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten admitted to offering edits to the CDC’s school reopening guidelines during testimony on Capitol Hill. She denies suggesting substantive changes. More than 10,000 federal employees could have access to Americans’ data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Three witnesses testified on the issue at a House Judiciary Subcommittee…
Forty Years a Teacher
April 25, 2023
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Commentary At age 24, at the commencement of his teaching career—coincident with the appearance of multiculturalism, postmodernism, the idea that Western civilization is just one approach—this author understood that the career before him would be in the service of a system in decline. He could have withdrawn and chosen not to serve; instead, he followed…
Teachers to Strike Again as Union Rejects Government Pay Offer
Teachers in England are set to strike again in the following months as the largest teachers union overwhelmingly rejected the government’s pay offer. Strikes will go ahead on April 27 and May 2 unless Education Secretary Gillian Keegan can reach an agreement with the union before then, the National Education Union (NEU) said on Monday. Schools could…
Higher Entry Standards and ‘Old-School’ Teaching Methods Needed for Better Teachers, Says Expert Panel
Experts have recommended a revamp to Australia’s approach to developing its future teachers, including higher entry requirements, a return to explicit teaching instruction, and more support for mid-career transition to teaching. A panel of experts led by Professor Mark Scott, the vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney, released its paper that reviewed how the teaching…
Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers, Part II
Commentary In February this year, the newsletter The Peanut Gallery stated: “In March of 2022, Yana, a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl, and her mother fled to escape Russia’s invasion and went to San Francisco, where Yana’s aunt lived. This January [2023], Yana began attending eighth-grade classes at Marina Middle School despite speaking little English. While she’d…
Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers
February 23, 2023
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One reason for the decline of public education in California is the inability of school districts to find, hire, and retain qualified teachers. Not so in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was difficult for women to find employment other than in teaching or nursing. The reason public schools were excellent is that teachers were…
Promise to Expand Pilot to Retain Best New South Wales Teachers
A pilot to put high-performing teachers on the same pay as a deputy principal will be expanded to attract more educators to NSW public schools. The salaries of 200 teachers in more than 50 schools will jump to $152,000 (US$104,530) under the program to recognise excellence in classroom teaching and have more experienced teachers supporting…
FBI Tracking Fingerprints of Unvaccinated Teachers; New CDC Codes to Track the Unvaxxed | Facts Matter
The FBI has been using fingerprints to track unvaccinated school teachers. According to a new lawsuit, the fingerprints of unvaccinated public school teachers were tagged by the New York City government and were flagged by the Department of Justice as well as the FBI. Due to this, these teachers who refused to take the shot…
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