Teachers Unions Have Good Day After Bad Week
Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat lost, health insurance reform in limbo, Air America folds, John Edwards admits paternity… it was enough to make your average progressive burst into tears. But fear not! At least in the world of public education, you can console yourself with new bundles of taxpayer cash.
Yesterday in Oregon, two tax increase initiatives backed almost exclusively by public employees’ unions passed by comfortable margins. Gloating press releases from the Oregon Education Association here, and from NEA here.
Nationally, in advance of tonight’s State of the Union speech, the White House announced that K-12 education won’t be affected by an “austere” federal budget and will instead receive a “major” increase in funding.
