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Video: The Hidden Costs of School Closures—Hadley Manning
After 18 students committed suicide in Las Vegas, the Clark County school district decided to reopen for in-person learning. The youngest was a nine-year-old. In Chicago, home to the nation’s ...
February 7, 2021
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Jan Jekielek
Now That School Has Started, We Need to Make It Work for Students
Commentary Students are back in school all across Canada. While some parents are homeschooling their children or having ...
September 27, 2020
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Michael Zwaagstra
Reopening Schools: Catering to Fear Is Never a Winning Strategy
Commentary Students are heading back to school in a few short weeks. Most provinces have already announced their ...
August 24, 2020
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Michael Zwaagstra
New Book Recycles Old–and Bad–Teacher Union Talking Points
Commentary “There is nothing new under the sun.” This ancient saying certainly rings true in the debate on ...
April 12, 2020
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Michael Zwaagstra
Teachers’ Unions Should Stay out of Radical Social Justice Activism
Commentary Visit the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation’s website and you’ll have no trouble finding its statement supporting the ...
February 23, 2020
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Michael Zwaagstra
The Ford Government and Ontario Teachers’ Unions Are Both Wrong
Commentary “A plague o’ both your houses!” With these words, Mercutio, a character in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” ...
January 24, 2020
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Michael Zwaagstra
Teachers’ Unions Should Focus on Advocacy Rather Than Governance
Commentary Suppose a middle-school teacher is accused of inappropriate behavior toward five students. Among other things, the teacher ...
December 28, 2019
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Michael Zwaagstra
There Are Good Alternatives to Teacher Strikes
Commentary The relationship between the Ontario teachers’ unions and Premier Doug Ford’s government has gone from bad to ...
December 2, 2019
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Michael Zwaagstra
How Socialists Used Teachers Unions Such as the NEA to Destroy Education
Commentary This article is part 8 in a series examining the origins of public education in the United States. When examining the hydra ...
November 19, 2019
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Alex Newman
California Insider: Interview with Rebecca Friedrichs on Teachers Unions
Siyamak Khorrami: Only about half of the students can read English at their grade level in the California ...
November 15, 2019
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Siyamak Khorrami
Class Size Is Not the Most Important Thing
If you asked a group of teachers whether they would rather teach a class with 20 students or ...
October 28, 2019
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Michael Zwaagstra
Opinion: Governments and Teachers’ Unions Should Remain at Arm’s Length
In 2016, the Alberta NDP government signed an unusual memorandum of understanding with the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA). ...
August 19, 2019
BY
Michael Zwaagstra
Teacher Union Leaders Focus on Charter Schools Amid Dwindling Membership
During the January teachers’ strike in Los Angeles, unions dedicated a great deal of attention to charter schools, ...
June 18, 2019
BY
Alice Salles
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