The Worm in the Apple From: Freeman | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright Foundation for Economic Education, Incorporated Dec 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Worm in the Apple by Peter Brimelow HarperCollins/Perennial * 2003/2004 * 273 pages * $24.95 hardcover; $13.95 paperback

Just as a government monopoly in postal service would be a bad idea even in the absence of postal-worker unions, so would "public education" be a bad idea even in the absence of teacher unions. There can be no doubt, however, that the major teacher unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers (along with their state and local affiliates), have contributed greatly to the intractable problems of government schooling: it costs far more ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	The Teacher Unions: How They Sabotage Educational Reform and Why ; The Teacher Unions How They Sabotage Educational Reform...roll back the power of the two major teacher unions-the National Education Association...Teachers (AFT). Myron Lieberman knows the teacher unions well, having served for many years...
	Teacher Unions Making Education Difficult ; ...The Worm in The Apple: How the Teacher Unions Are Destroying American Education...because teachers are different than teacher unions, all right? And we applaud...people. What's the primary way that teacher unions, in your opinion, undermine education...
	NSW: Private and public teacher unions join forces over HSC ; ...Australia) 05-24-1999 NSW: Private and public teacher unions join forces over HSC SYDNEY, May 24 AAP...first to study the new HSC syllabuses, the unions said. Jennifer Leete and Dick Shearman said their unions had been inundated with complaints by...
	EDUCATION STUDY BACKS TEACHER UNIONS ; WASHINGTON - Teacher unions have not been a major obstacle to school reform, according to a...teachers will not support such tradeoffs," according to the study, "Teacher Unions and Educational Reform," which was funded by the Department of...
	Teachers' Union Chooses Replacement for Shanker; Longtime N.Y. Local Chief Vows to Hold AFT's Course ; ...last summer. The two teacher unions have staked out an adamant...trying or considering. "Teacher unions have been called obstacles...lawmakers are criticizing the unions for blocking their attempts to limit or scrap teacher tenure in schools. But...
	Leader Teacher unions' negative line ; ...self-regard and small-mindedness, the teacher unions have criticised what they have...children's academic achievement and teacher salaries. The patronising, derogatory...unreconstructed attitudes within the teacher unions. Cathy Jamieson, the schools...
	Teacher unions supply big money ; NORWALK - Whittier-area teacher unions again are the top source for campaign...classroom teachers." And it's why the teacher unions are the only regular group that...Some say the endorsement by the teacher unions is as important as they money...
	Teacher unions; Delegates should approve merger.(NEWS) ; ...families and advocating for children. Minnesota's teacher unions wisely have embraced the merger idea and have been...decision later this month, would assure that Minnesota teacher unions could officially become one this fall. A combined...
	The ruminations of a right-wing extremist.(teacher unions and education reform)(Abstract) ; ...conservative ineptitude in dealing with teacher unions, the string is about to run out...treatment of what I refer to in The Teacher Unions as the war against privatization...private businesses; hence the teacher unions are demonizing it in every way...
	Teachers' union warns of action over pay row ; ...Northern Ireland's four other teacher unions attended the meeting to consider...rest the issue that caused the teacher unions to take industrial action earlier...the independent inquiry. "Other teacher unions have continued their action throughout...

For more facts and information, see all results