National Education Association

The DFL sold the state’s politics to out- of-state interests — and it was a fire sale.

(And no, they are not using the non-pejorative British definition of scheme, which means a plan or system for doing or organizing something.) In a new attack on educational freedom…

For most Minnesota teachers, September is back to school season (some returned in August), and as I wrote here, it’s also the only annual opportunity educators get to evaluate their…

In 2018, Minnesota public employees were freed from financially supporting a government union in order to keep their job (Janus v. AFSCME). Since then, nearly 32 percent of public workers…

Likely unbeknownst to many (including me, originally) the National Education Association — the largest teachers’ union in the country — has a federal charter that was issued by the U.S.…

The National Education Association — the country’s largest teachers’ union — recently made headlines for its public summer reading recommendations for educators that include books promoting sexual content and practices.…

Picking up where we left off in Part 4 of our Minnesota For Sale series on campaign finance, we dig up more names and money in the shadowy world of…

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten addressed the National Press Club last week, framing her remarks as a “defense of public education.” But Weingarten’s dire warnings about the “existential…

It’s no secret government unions have achieved near total power in politics, but based on declining membership numbers, there appears to be a diminishing appetite among public employees for unions’…

The National Education Association — the country’s largest teachers’ union — once again prioritized political spending over member representational expenditures, according to its most recent annual federal LM-2 filing covering…

Teacher shortages are hardly new, but recently it has been described as a national problem. Is it? Given that there is no real national consensus on how to define a…

Minneapolis school finance officials gave a very sobering presentation to board members recently, warning that enrollment losses coupled with district spending will bankrupt the district in two short years. There…

According to Education Minnesota’s most recent federal filing, the teachers’ union continued to lose members from 2021-2022. This marks the second consecutive year that the state teachers’ union has lost…

Education Minnesota’s Political Action Committee (PAC) spent nearly $4 million this year leading up to the statewide general elections, according to its 2022 Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure report through…

Teacher unions have long been involved in public education. Their track record, though, shows just how far these once well-intentioned organizations have strayed from their original purpose of focusing on…

Educators continue to leave the teachers’ union.

For decades, teachers’ unions have flexed their political muscle, seeking to convince both their members and the general public that their involvement in and prioritization of political issues is for…

Thousands of Minnesota educators have let Education Minnesota know it doesn’t represent their values by opting out of union membership. Until 2018, financially supporting the state teachers’ union and its…

The National Education Association (NEA) held its annual meeting and representative assembly over the Fourth of July holiday, as it does every year. But unlike years past, the union’s business…

“Critical Race Theory is not taught in K-12 schools,” American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten tweeted on July 6, 2021. And in another tweet: “We don’t teach Critical…

Despite liberals denying its existence, the U is looking for a professor schooled in Critical Race Theory.

The Biden administration’s U.S. Department of Education has proposed 13 pages of new rules that would hurt the charter school community. The 28-year-old federal Charter Schools Program provides funds to…

The National Education Association — the country’s largest teachers’ union — prioritized political spending over member representational expenditures, according to its most recent annual federal LM-2 filing reported on by…

The National Education Association (NEA) listed the killing of an education bill that would have expanded educational opportunity for Minnesota families as part of the union’s “major wins” in 2021.…