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Analysis and Commentary

When It Comes to Collective Bargaining, States Should Follow the Feds

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Federal workers have the statutory right to bargain collectively, but that right does not include salaries, benefits or any other item that directly affects government expenditure...

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The Case for Paying Most Teachers the Same

by Michael J. Petrillivia Education Next
Thursday, March 10, 2011

...[W]hat makes the single schedule so pernicious isn’t just its uniformity; it’s its growth curve...

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National Democratic Party Supports Attack on the Democratic Process

by Paul E. Petersonvia Education Next
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The National Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, under the tight control of a politically sophisticated White House, is still trying to raise funds by supporting the desertion from legislative duty taking place in Wisconsin and Indiana...

Williamson M. Evers

Evers discusses Wisconsin and collective bargaining with Dr. Gluss on KFNX’s Life

via LIFE w/Dr. Gluss (KFNX)
Friday, February 25, 2011

In this podcast Williamson Evers, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses, with Dr. Gluss, the impact of teachers’ unions on students and the community.

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The Triumph of the Therapeutic Mind

by Victor Davis Hansonvia National Review Online
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Whether it’s budget deficits, teachers’ pay, or delta smelts, the therapeutic mind refuses to count the cost...

Analysis and Commentary

Declining Enrolment in the Humanities

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Humanities scholars at leading universities decry declining enrolment in the humanities. To address this concern, Stanford’s Faculty Senate heard a panel discussion of six humanities professors on March 3, 2011, on the difficulties facing 11 humanities departments...

Eric A. Hanushek

Hanushek discusses class size and student achievement on the Diane Rehm Show

via Diane Rehm Show (Washington, DC)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Eric Hanushek, the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow and a member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, is part of a panel discussion concerning the current budget constraints and what potential teacher layoffs could mean for class size and student achievement.

Analysis and Commentary

Union Myths

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The biggest myth about labor unions is that unions are for the workers...

Analysis and Commentary

Do Labor Unions Promote the Middle Class?

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Sunday, March 6, 2011

What [Jacob S.] Hacker and [Paul] Pierson have done here [in the Washington Post] is point to one effect of unions--labor economists call it the "threat effect"--but left out another that is stronger...

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How To Distort Polls: The NYT/CBS Poll on Public Sector Workers

by Paul R. Gregoryvia What Paul Gregory Is Writing About
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

These poll results are so out of line with conventional thinking that they require careful scrutiny. My own (admittedly non-expert) examination raises three red flags...

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