Tag Archives: Public Sector Unions

Go to Bad Schools, Go to Prison: The Teacher Union’s Dirty Little Secret

Though derided by the teachers’ unions as an urban myth, experts in education and corrections have observed a correlation between reading proficiency in the third grade and incarceration. They do not yet use this data to project the number of … Continue reading

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A Modest (Budget Cutting) Proposal

There are plenty of towns like mine trying to figure out where they can cut costs.  But every conversation seems to end at cutting education or safety services.  While I find it hard to believe that there is nothing else … Continue reading

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