Are the Teachers’ Unions Too Powerful?
Moderated by Joe Mathews, Irvine Senior Fellow, New America Foundation Or are they not powerful enough? Politicians and reformers often complain about the power of teachers’ unions to dominate elections — from local school boards to the governor’s race — and frustrate their plans to improve education. Yet teachers still don’t have the power to receive pay commensurate with their education, the institutional support and instructional resources they need, or even — at least in Los Angeles — accurate paychecks. Now a rising generation of teachers’ union leaders in the …
