[Lizavetta]

Considering what the NEA's yearly resolutions are (DNC agenda all the way), and how teachers flagrantly push what they feel like in the classroom with little resistance, what difference would this really make?

Not that I'm for it, mind you.

[T. P. Pole]

It is interesting how more of this kind of stuff is seeing print. Is the pendulum swinging back?

[anniegetyourgun]

Parents need to take their kids by the hand and walk out of the government school system - leaving the union thugs with no one to talk to 'cept themselves.

[upchuck]

This is such a tremendous problem for homeschoolers, not only in Kalifornia, but everywhere! Thanks for posting this!!

[scholar]

This is so sad. The US throws more taxpayer money at education than any other industrialized nation. Yet, studies indicate that our students are seriously dim in many areas.

Not just my opinion--I know many teachers who want out of the system because of the PC BS. Fact of the matter is, the US has the least educated students in the industrialized nations, and I believe the NEA is largely responsible for this situation. .

[LarryLied]

The California Teachers Association mimics that tactic to a tee when it says AB 2160 would make the "partnership stronger" between teachers and parents.

The arrogance expressed here is the key to the problem with government teachers. They are not "partners" with anyone, they are employees.

[moyden]

Every liberal is a thug.

[LasVegasMac]

Only the fruits - nuts - flakes from Kalifungus could dream up crap like this.

My boss told me last week that, "we may have a need for you to do some frequent travel to CA." My response was, "Then you also have a need to find a replacement for me - don't ask me, cuz I will not go."

The fact that I would now have to pay Kalifungus state taxes for income earned in their socialist state (company compliance wit Fed regs) is a pisser, indeed.

I just flat out refuse to cross the border and enter a demorat controlled, liberal virus breeding ground.

Except for when I take the kids to Disney Land! :)

I believe Mickey is a Pubbie!

LVM

[quimby]

Unless the trend can be reversed, look for more of this in the future. The bus union is playing havoc with the LA school system today.

[ppaul]

Educating our children is no role for union

And it sure ain't the state's role either!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

How did this article end up in a Californication paper? Things getting better out there?

[EdReform]

"We don't need our children's curriculum and textbooks negotiated as part of a union labor contract. Those decisions need to continue to reside with the community and its elected representatives. You, not a labor union, should be in charge of your child's education."

Unions 'TURN' Tables on School Boards

"... If you think your elected school board is controlling policies and curricula in your child's classroom — get ready for a jolt. An experimental labor relations idea is changing that arrangement in a growing number of school systems. The group pushing the idea is the liberal National Education Association.

It's called the Teacher Union Reform Network, or TURN. Under the program, unions do not just negotiate pay and benefit issues, but also have a say in broader issues traditionally decided only by school boards — such as setting curricula and establishing hiring policies.

Gary Beckner, who directs the Association of American Educators, finds the program "extraordinarily troubling."

"To get (teacher unions) involved in curricula or professional development is just extraordinary," Beckner said.

He said TURN represents a conflict of interest, and also hurts efforts to portray teachers correctly.

"Our biggest concern is that as unions continue to grow in this kind of scope and power . . . teachers will never get the kind of salary and the kind of respect that they deserve because they will never be seen as professionals," Beckner said. "They will always be seen as simply laborers..."

Let's Help Nail the Teachers Unions -- It is National FReep Time (replies 14, 18 and 23)

*Education News bump