To the dismay of some on the radical Left, the post-Vietnam U.S. has bolstered its position as the world’s political, cultural, and economic leader and served as a fulcrum for the dreams and aspirations of freedom seekers worldwide. Remarkably, America has thrived despite a decline in public school quality that largely coincided with the advent of widespread teacher unionization, which commenced in the 1960s. In The Worm in the Apple: How the Teachers Unions are Destroying American Education, veteran education writer Peter Brimelow presents a devastating indictment of the teachers’ unions and their deleterious effect on students nationwide. Having entered...