Teachers’ unions in the United States hold significant influence over school board elections, winning 70 percent of races when they make endorsements. Despite the Supreme Court’s Janus decision in 2018, union-backed candidates have continued to prevail. However, a strategy out of Florida provides a possible avenue for education reformers to challenge teachers’ unions at the ballot box.
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Additional resources:
Read “Still the Ones to Beat: Teachers’ Unions and School Board Elections,” by Michael Hartney via Manhattan Institute. Available here: https://manhattan.institute/article/still-the-ones-to-beat-teachers-unions-and-school-board-elections.
Watch or listen to “Hoover Book Club: How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, Unions, And American Education,” with Michael Hartney and Terry Moe. Available here: https://www.hoover.org/events/hoover-book-club-how-policies-make-interest-groups-governments-unions-and-american-education.
Watch “How Teachers’ Unions Became Political,” on PolicyEd. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/policy-briefs/how-teachers-unions-became-political/video.
Read “Schooled by Desantis,” by Michael Hartney via City Journal. Available here: https://www.city-journal.org/article/schooled-by-desantis.
Watch “Better Pay, Better Teachers,” with Eric Hanushek. Available here: https://www.policyed.org/policy-stories/better-pay-better-teachers/video.
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