{"id":539,"date":"2009-06-30T14:50:55","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-08-09T18:13:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T18:13:31","slug":"massachusetts-teacher-union-bosses-nix-education-grant-reject-higher-pay-for-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/massachusetts-teacher-union-bosses-nix-education-grant-reject-higher-pay-for-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Teacher Union Bosses Nix Education Grant, Reject Higher Pay for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sentinelandenterprise.com\/ci_12719974\">Some actions defy explanation<\/a> (emphasis mine):\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\t<span id=\"articlestyles\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSeveral parents and members of the Leominster School Committee said Monday they are upset that <b>the teachers&#8217; union voted recently to reject a large grant that seeks to increase the number of students in Advanced Placement courses. <\/b>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I think it&#8217;s a vote against children,&quot; School Committee vice chairwoman Donna DiNinno said. &quot;This would have been such a boost for students in our AP and honors program. I am very disappointed.&quot;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>School Committee member Christopher Orareo said he does not understand how the union could turn down a grant that would have provided the district with $856,000 during a five-year period, when the community is fighting for every penny it can get into the classrooms. <\/b>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I&#8217;m just astounded this vote has taken place,&quot; Orareo said. &quot;Students are the biggest losers in this whole thing. I think it was a selfish vote on the part of the union.&quot;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t<\/span>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"articlestyles\"><\/span><span id=\"articlestyles\"><\/p>\n<p>\nWhy were local union bosses so eager to axe a generous grant program that promised more teacher training, more advanced placement courses, and merit pay for high-performing educators? <span id=\"globalstyles\"><span id=\"articlestyles\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span id=\"articlestyles\"><\/span>This latest instance of teacher union\u00a0obstructionism illustrates one of the many problems with monopoly bargaining. No organization should be able to veto a school&#8217;s attempt to secure additional funding, just as no organization should be in a position to prevent talented teachers from aspiring to better pay and more challenging coursework. Why should the union activists dictate public schools&#8217; educational policies and give short shrift to individual teachers who deserve to be rewarded for their merit?\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sentinelandenterprise.com\/ci_12719974\">Some actions defy explanation<\/a> (emphasis mine):\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\t<span id=\"articlestyles\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\tSeveral parents and members of the Leominster School Committee said Monday they are upset that <b>the teachers&#8217; union voted recently to reject a large grant that seeks to increase the number of students in Advanced Placement courses. <\/b>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I think it&#8217;s a vote against children,&quot; School Committee vice chairwoman Donna DiNinno said. &quot;This would have been such a boost for students in our AP and honors program. I am very disappointed.&quot;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b>School Committee member Christopher Orareo said he does not understand how the union could turn down a grant that would have provided the district with $856,000 during a five-year period, when the community is fighting for every penny it can get into the classrooms. <\/b>\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Massachusetts Teacher Union Bosses Nix Education Grant, Reject Higher Pay for Teachers - National Right to Work Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nrtw.org\/es\/blog\/massachusetts-teacher-union-bosses-nix-education-grant-reject-higher-pay-for-teachers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massachusetts Teacher Union Bosses Nix Education Grant, Reject Higher Pay for Teachers - National Right to Work Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some actions defy explanation (emphasis mine):       Several parents and members of the Leominster School Committee said Monday they are upset that the teachers&#039; union voted recently to reject a large grant that seeks to increase the number of students in Advanced Placement courses.     &quot;I think it&#039;s a vote against children,&quot; School Committee vice chairwoman Donna DiNinno said. &quot;This would have been such a boost for students in our AP and honors program. 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