Comments on: Good News: Two-Thirds of Voters Have Grasp of Obvious http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2008/12/17/good-news-two-thirds-of-voters-have-grasp-of-obvious/ A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: London Escorts http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2008/12/17/good-news-two-thirds-of-voters-have-grasp-of-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 London Escorts Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:34:07 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=1484#comment-1716 Debate ran high within Barack Obama’s transition team over whether the next secretary of Education should be a traditionalist in sync with the national teachers’ unions or a reformer who will help break the hold those unions have on Democratic Party policy. Obama's choice of Chicago School Superintendent Arne Duncan is seen as a move to bridge those competing camps. But two-thirds of U.S. voters (66%) say the teachers’ unions – the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers – are more interested in protecting their members’ jobs than in the quality of education. Only 23% of voters say educational quality comes first for the unions, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided. Men and women are equally critical of the teacher’s unions. Married voters are more critical than unmarried's by 12 points. Seventy percent (70%) of voters with children at home think the unions are more interested in jobs in <a href="http://www.soulmateescorts.com/" rel="nofollow">London Escorts</a>, compared to 63% of those without children in the house. While 78% of Republicans and 66% of unaffiliated voters say teachers’ jobs are the chief focus of the unions, only 55% of Democrats agree. Debate ran high within Barack Obama’s transition team over whether the next secretary of Education should be a traditionalist in sync with the national teachers’ unions or a reformer who will help break the hold those unions have on Democratic Party policy. Obama’s choice of Chicago School Superintendent Arne Duncan is seen as a move to bridge those competing camps.
But two-thirds of U.S. voters (66%) say the teachers’ unions – the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers – are more interested in protecting their members’ jobs than in the quality of education.
Only 23% of voters say educational quality comes first for the unions, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twelve percent (12%) are undecided.
Men and women are equally critical of the teacher’s unions. Married voters are more critical than unmarried’s by 12 points. Seventy percent (70%) of voters with children at home think the unions are more interested in jobs in London Escorts, compared to 63% of those without children in the house.
While 78% of Republicans and 66% of unaffiliated voters say teachers’ jobs are the chief focus of the unions, only 55% of Democrats agree.

]]> By: Ed is Watching » Americans Should Be Generally Happy with New Education Secretary http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2008/12/17/good-news-two-thirds-of-voters-have-grasp-of-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Ed is Watching » Americans Should Be Generally Happy with New Education Secretary Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:16:41 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=1484#comment-1606 [...] The American people may not know all the ins and outs of education reform, but enough of them get the big ideas to give me hope for the future. Look at this recent poll from Rasmussen Reports (H/T Mike Antonucci): [...] [...] The American people may not know all the ins and outs of education reform, but enough of them get the big ideas to give me hope for the future. Look at this recent poll from Rasmussen Reports (H/T Mike Antonucci): [...]

]]> By: Dave Saba http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2008/12/17/good-news-two-thirds-of-voters-have-grasp-of-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 Dave Saba Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:16:30 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=1484#comment-1599 The Wall Street Journal called out the Teacher's Union as well when talking about a new study on alternative teacher certification: “Like all unions, teachers unions have a vested interest in restricting the labor supply to reduce job competition. Traditional state certification rules help to limit the supply of "certified" teachers” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122912779960403217.html The Wall Street Journal called out the Teacher’s Union as well when talking about a new study on alternative teacher certification:
“Like all unions, teachers unions have a vested interest in restricting the labor supply to reduce job competition. Traditional state certification rules help to limit the supply of “certified” teachers”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122912779960403217.html

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