“A complete and utter joke,” a parent complains, as teachers get full salaries and students get a few hours a week at most of live instruction.

Reforming a divided school system in Los Angeles

Will districts demand reform in exchange for needed raises?

When the Supreme Court ruled last year in Janus v. Afscme that unions could no longer collect agency fees from employees who choose not to join, many predicted a major decline in union membership. But according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, public union membership declined less than 1% in 2018. In this episode, Paul E. Peterson talks with Daniel DiSalvo.

A veteran teacher reflects on the Oklahoma strike

Will teachers' post-retirement benefits break the bank?

Tens of thousands of teachers in six states walked out of their schools, attracting media attention across the country.

On the last day of its 2017-2018 term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus vs. AFSCME that public employee unions can no longer collect agency fees from non-members. Clint Bolick, an associate justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss why the U.S. Supreme Court felt it was necessary to overrule a decision from the 1970s allowing agency fees.

Only 25% of the public favor collecting union dues from non-members.

Six states had already passed right-to-work legislation removing unions’ rights to assess agency fees.