Union Report
The latest classroom, policy and politics news from America’s teachers unions, updated every Wednesday by Mike Antonucci
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Analysis: The NEA Budget Is a Lesson in Reading Between the Lines
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How Unions in the Nation’s Four Largest School Districts are Leveraging School Reopenings
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Analysis: If Getting Police out of Schools Means a Drop in Membership, the Unions Will Have Something to Say About It
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Analysis: States and Districts May Not Be Ready to Spend $122B in Rescue Plan Funds, But the Unions Are. Get Ready for More School Hiring
Opinion
Antonucci: Has Teachers Union Pressure on CDC Turned the Government’s Best Scientific Guidelines into a Bargaining Chip?
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Analysis: Last Year’s Polls Showed Teachers Were Thinking About Quitting. This Year, Evidence Suggests COVID-19 Had Little Effect on Their Job Retention
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Analysis: The Clovis, California, Faculty Senate Is a Model of Nonunion Representation. The State Teachers Union Is Looking to Change That
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Analysis: Backlash Against Pension Reform Drives Kentucky #RedforEd Group to Join American Federation of Teachers
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Analysis: Randi Weingarten Says Her AFT Has Been ‘Trying to Reopen Schools Since Last April.’ What the Union’s Locals Actually Did
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Analysis: A Split Between Biden and Teachers Unions on Reopening Schools? There Are 122 Billion Reasons Why It Doesn’t Matter
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New Numbers: The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers Now Represent 1 in 4 U.S. Union Members
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Analysis: What Will School Staffing Look Like Over the Next 10 Years? Federal Stats Predict 1 Additional Teacher for Every 2 Additional Students
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Analysis: Pandemic or No, It’s Political Business as Usual for the California Teachers Association
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Analysis: What Emails Show About How Cardona Worked With Teachers Unions in Connecticut — and What That Could Mean For Reopening Schools as Education Secretary
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Antonucci: Biden Set a Goal of Returning Students to Classrooms in 100 Days, But It’s Not the President (Nor Any Governor or Mayor) Who Holds the Real Power to Reopen Schools
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Analysis: A National Teacher Strike Isn’t Really Possible. But With Unions Refusing to Go Back Until Classrooms Are Safe, This is What One Would Look Like
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Analysis: Are Teachers Unions Really Taking Over Biden’s Department of Education? Not So Fast
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Analysis: Teachers Unions Want a Seat at the Table When It Comes to Reopening Schools — But They Don’t Want It to Be the Hot Seat. That’s Why They Keep Moving the Goalposts