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Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards


Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Academic Standards

A similar disposition of low academic standards has become popular among left-wing progressive circles today and is promoted by teachers unions.

Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Black Education ...

We've seen the negative results of the misguided attempt by teachers unions to lower the behavioral and academic standards of our children.

Teachers' Unions Are Gaining Ground in a State That Once Forbade ...

Lyon's research shows that restrictions on collective bargaining have coincided with teachers leaving the profession. Bargaining protections, ...

Teachers Unions as Agents of Change

Instead, these short-sighted approaches to evaluation encourage “trial and error” systems that lower standards for the profession and rely on subjective, narrow ...

The lowering of standards for teachers is a bigger problem than ...

622 votes, 124 comments. I work in a district that has survived on "strategic waivers" since WELL before the teacher shortage.

Teachers And Their Unions: A Conceptual Border Dispute

The idea that unions are responsible for unreasonable impediments to removing ineffective teachers is a myth. Usually the reason the ineffective teacher isn't ...

A War on Public Schools: How autocrats lower educational ...

“[T]eachers unions, by negotiating higher wages for teachers, lower the quit probability of high-ability teachers but raise the dismissal rate ...

How Teachers Unions Use 'Common Core' to Undermine Reform

This year's battle over the introduction of Common Core standards in public schools has diverted attention from a more important but quieter ...

Teachers' unions reduce teacher stress. Anti-union laws significantly ...

07 lower than that of teachers in districts with no union agreement, a statistically significant difference equal to about 14% of the standard ...

Teachers Unions and Student Performance: Help or Hindrance?

In principle, adopting standards that help teachers focus on lessons they want students to learn, aligning their teaching to the lessons, and devising meas-.

Kids Do Better In Schools With Teachers Unions - The Daily Beast

The right wants to blame unionized educators for everything. But the reality is better working conditions for teachers means better learning ...

The Negative Effects of Teacher Unionization on Long-Term Student ...

Supporters argue that unionization leads to more equitable rights and labor standards for teachers, increased teacher productivity, and improved ...

Teachers Unions Are More Powerful Than You Realize—but That ...

Teachers unions throughout the US claim to be looking out for the best interests of teachers and students, but they are deeply political ...

Teachers' Unions Get a Raise for Failing Your Kids | Opinion

But teachers' unions—under current state policies that grant unions tremendous power—are continuing to lock children into miserable futures.

Teachers unions and student performance: help or hindrance?

The effect of unions on student performance is mixed. Students of average ability who attend school in union districts perform better on standardized tests.

The Fall of Teachers Unions - The Center for Education Reform

Yet the share of Americans who see teachers unions as a negative influence on public schools shot up to 43 percent last year, up from 31 percent in 2009, ...

Study Finds Unions Improve Teacher Quality, Lead To Lower ...

On three basic questions – whether unions protect bad teachers from being fired, harm the quality of the teacher workforce long term, and do ...

It's time to reassess union influence on our children's future

These educational reforms share a common thread – the dominant influence of teacher's unions. While these unions claim to advocate for the educators they ...

Lowering standards for teachers is 'unfortunate,' Education secretary ...

The educator shortage could be addressed with more competitive pay and better working conditions, Miguel Cardona said.

Teachers Unions Mobilize To Delay The Common Core - NPR

... teachers union is ... That's the name of new math and language arts standards that are supposed to be in place next fall in 45 states.