Teachers in America have no goals. If goals are set, the union steps in and stops the process. In rare occasions, like Michelle Rhee in Washington DC, where she, the top school honcho there negotiated an agreement to have goals and pay bonuses for performance, the union is upset because she fired over 200 teachers Read the full article…
President Obama, a big basketball fan, made his NCAA tournament picks this week. For Obama,like many of us, getting in pools and picking winners is great fun. Statisticians say the winners of most big pools, illegal, of course, pick based on mascots and school colors. I spent a great deal of time on my picks Read the full article…
I’m not talking about private-sector unions. In the private sector, unions lost 10% of their membership in 2009. That’s 771,000 fewer workers to have dues deducted to support Democrats. Total membership is 15.3 million. Lot’s of influence for 5% of the population. Once they were 35% of the population. It’s the public sector unions doing Read the full article…
