How to Challenge Teachers Unions’ Control Over Local Elections with Michael Hartney | Policy Stories
Teachers' unions in the United States hold significant influence over school board elections, winning 70 percent of races when they make endorsements. Despite the Supreme Court’s Janus decision in 2018, union-backed candidates have continued to prevail. However, a strategy out of Florida provides a possible avenue for education reformers to challenge teachers’ unions at the ballot box.
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Read “Still the Ones to Beat: Teachers’ Unions and School Board Elections,” by Michael Hartney via Manhattan Institute. Available here: https://manhattan.institute/article/s....
Watch or listen to “Hoover Book Club: How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, Unions, And American Education,” with Michael Hartney and Terry Moe. Available here: https://www.hoover.org/events/hoover-....
Watch “How Teachers’ Unions Became Political,” on PolicyEd. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/policy-brief....
Read “Schooled by Desantis,” by Michael Hartney via City Journal. Available here: https://www.city-journal.org/article/....
Watch “Better Pay, Better Teachers,” with Eric Hanushek. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/policy-stori....
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