Teachers who refuse to leave the union are the problem

By: Diane Benjamin District 87 is meeting tonight (5:00 at BHS) to demand your children wear masks when the school year starts. There is no proof masks work and lots of proof they don’t. The School Board will do it anyway. What the School Board should be doing is insuring rouge teachers don’t follow the […]

2 More things to know

By: Diane Benjamin Unit 5 has two unions. One is teachers – UFEA, the other is for professional staff – UFSPA. Both recommended three candidates for the Unit 5 School Board in the April 2021 election. They got two of the three elected: Stan Gozur and Kentrica Coleman. From their websites: http://www.ufspa.org/vote/ In 2023 FOUR […]

Still paying dues to the NEA?

Wait Till You See What the National Education Association Is Up To Read these “New Business Items” just passed by the NEA, and see if you believe the NEA honors its Code of Ethics: “The NEA vigorously opposes all attacks on the right to choose and stands on the fundamental right to abortion under Roe v. […]

NEA subverts Black History Month

By:  Diane Benjamin Black History Month isn’t about teaching kids Black History.  Instead of proving America is a country where anybody can succeed, the  National Education Association is taking a different path. Why aren’t they talking about Madam C.J. Walker?  She was born in 1867 and had a very difficult life.  But she had a […]

NEA Community Organizing

By:  Diane Benjamin This was sent to me by a non-leftist member of the National Education Association. We all feel for the federal employees who aren’t getting paid, but the NEA got their talking points wrong. The Democrats refuse to negotiate! It’s really hard to open government while negotiations continue when there are no negotiations.  […]

Unit 5 – labor agreements

By:  Diane Benjamin I’m hearing rumors that Unit 5 wants a property tax increase next year.  I have to start following what they do even though I don’t have time to do it right. I’m starting here because it’s going to be fascinating to see what union members do after the Janus Supreme Court decision.  […]

One teacher’s response to the NEA propaganda

Subject: Fw: NEA Education Insider: No More Gun Violence! Here is my response to the NEA.  I am sooooo pissed off. Perhaps the NEA should be asking its members to teach history and the reason that our Constitution provides us the right to bear arms.  The NRA is not some lobby group.  It is an organization that […]