As if costing 7,000 students their education is bad enough, striking teachers are also costing taxpayers more than they might realize. The average salary and benefit cost per teacher in Neshaminy is $107,002.

The New York district stands to lose money for failing schools since the union won't sign off on a teacher evaluation agreement.

The first parent trigger attempt in Compton, California, failed, but that hasn't stopped Desert Trails elementary parents from pursuing better educational opportunities for their kids.

The Association of American Educators testifies in favor of a bill that penalizes Utah districts that fail to comply with current law allowing all education associations equal access to schools.

Videographers lurk outside New Jersey Education Association headquarters in hopes of trying to catch NJEA executive director, Vincent Giordano, in another embarrassing moment after his controversial voucher comment.

The Chicago Teachers Union is behind the protest at Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house, according to press releases handed out by CPS officials.

The Garden State Virtual Charter School , a proposal by New Jersey residents looking to provide more personalized learning for their children, was attacked by educrats and denizens in their little hamlet of Teaneck and beyond, for trying to do something, well, different.

All the talk about caring about the kids, the parents. Ha. The nation's second largest teachers union got caught telling members how they really feel about parents' involvement in the education of their offspring.

When the NJ Commissioner of Education approved the Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS), he probably didn't know that the district would fight so vigorously to thwart his authority – and the Governor's authority by extension – so vehemently.

There's an old saying in ed reform; when the NSBA and AASA want something, it must not be reform. That's the case – again – with their call for blanket waivers from NCLB. Wow, it was just a matter of time till they could get away from the heat in the kitchen.