Teachers unions lose another fight against school choice
Teachers unions suffered yet another deserved but embarrassing defeat this week. In Arizona, the state Supreme Court found that not only did unions fail to submit enough valid signatures to get their anti-school-choice proposition on the fall ballot, but they also broke the law by hiring felons to collect signatures.
TL;DR
- Arizona Supreme Court ruled against a teachers union proposition due to insufficient valid signatures and illegal circulators.
- The Empowerment Scholarship Account program in Arizona has seen a tenfold increase in enrollment.
- Teachers unions are actively opposing school choice programs, which they see as a threat to their power and the traditional public education system.
- Similar legal and legislative challenges by teachers unions against school choice in Missouri, Wyoming, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Iowa have also failed.
- The article argues that school choice empowers parents and introduces competition, benefiting students over the interests of unions.