More on Teacher's Unions

This may be our biggest tragedy.

Everyone except those who have been on the space station for the last decade and Joe Biden knows that our education system is hemorrhaging both in terms of competency and integrity. 

Among the 35 industrialized nations that are members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. now ranks 31st in math. Both reading and science scores were steady, with U.S. students scoring near the international average in both subjects.  It was reported 7 days ago that 23 schools in the Baltimore public system (10 HS, 13 lower) had ZERO students test proficient in math.  Zero as in not one.  Think about that. 

Ninety % of our kids go to public schools.  Public schools are controlled by public sector unions.  The unions whose members resisted going back to work after Covid was declared a non-issue.  So, schools remained closed.  The public sector unions run the government.  They control the politicians because they buy them with campaign contributions from member’s dues and member’s votes.  So, when a newly elected politician who campaigned on revitalizing education comes a calling, they thumb their noses.  They own him.

There is an important distinction between public and private sector unions.  In the private sector, the unions have a stake at risk.  If the employer fails, the members lose their jobs.  Not so in the public sector.  Public schools aren’t in danger of closing.  Teachers are never penalized for poor results.  They have no skin in the game.

There is only one solution.  No politician can get elected by promising to outlaw public sector unions.  The only solution is school choice.  Bring the free market into play.  Let parents spend the public education dollars as they see fit.  Parent by parent.  Child by child.  Let parents decide if they want their kids being taught transgenderism, Critical Race Theory and the rest of the Woke garbage.  Let parents decide if it’s acceptable to send their children to schools where students score Zero in Math.