Union Report
The latest classroom, policy and politics news from America’s teachers unions, updated every Wednesday by Mike Antonucci
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Antonucci: Chicago Teachers Walkout Calls the Questions — What Does ‘Safe’ Mean, and Who Gets to Decide?
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Analysis: National Education Association Post Blames ‘Dark Money’ for School Culture Wars — But Is Silent About the Funds It Pays Its Own Experts
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Analysis: By the Numbers — How Teachers Union Membership Dropped During a Year of Pandemic School Closures and Other Upheavals
Opinion
Exclusive: National Education Association Cancels July Convention in Boycott over Texas Voting, Abortion, Critical Race Theory Bills
Opinion
Analysis: How Much School Funding Goes to Salaries & Benefits? Does Urban vs. Rural Make a Difference? Red State vs. Blue? Strong Union vs. Weak? Some Surprising Answers
Opinion
Analysis: It Isn’t Always Angry Parents Behind School Board Recalls — When the Teachers Union Tries to Unseat Board Members
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Analysis: Amid Growing Parent Backlash, Teachers Unions Keep Trying to Rewrite School Reopening History
Opinion
Analysis: Amid Crucial State Elections, Virginia Education Association Places its Second-Largest Local Under Trusteeship
Opinion
Analysis: NEA Membership Is Down 9% Since 2009 & the Lowest It’s Been Since 2006. But Union’s Finances, and Political Influence, Still Going Strong
Opinion
Analysis: How Schools Could Be Closed for More Than Five Months and Still Spend More Than They Did the Year Before
Opinion
Analysis: Maybe the Problem With Police in Schools Isn’t Just the Police — a State-by-State Breakdown of How Often Schools Call the Cops
Opinion
Analysis: Schools Are Open, and Unvaccinated Adults Are Around Your Children. Are There Vaccine Mandates Or Not? And Is This a Problem?
Opinion
Antonucci: From Teacher Pay to School Budgets, Ed Policy Is Often Based on Public Perception. But How Much Do People Really Know?
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Analysis: Mask Mandates? Vaccine Mandates? For Unions, the Only Mandate Is Collective Bargaining
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Analysis: New Numbers Show the Financial Impact of #RedforEd Protests, Janus Court Ruling on the National Education Association
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Analysis: The Curious Incident of the Teachers Unions’ Vaccine Mandate Shift
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Analysis: Are 90 Percent of Teachers Really Vaccinated Against COVID-19? The Numbers Say Otherwise
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Analysis: NEA Wants Stronger IRS Enforcement — But Its Own Affiliates Could Use Some More Oversight