Block Quote by Juan Williams

Indeed, the share of teachers in a union has fallen to less than half, driven in part by older, unionized teachers retiring, the rise…

— Annie Lowrey

The teachers unions are the clearest example of a group that has lost its way. Whenever anyone dares to offer a new idea, the…

— Anonymous

I believe that the teachers unions are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. They were designed to be professional organizations that protect…

— Michelle Rhee

The unions are the worst thing that ever happened to education because it's not a meritocracy. It turns into a bureaucracy, which is exactly…

— Steve Jobs

This is something that Randi Weingarten said to me when I interviewed her once, which I think I quote in chapter nine. She talks…

— Dana Goldstein

Unionized teachers have destroyed much of the state school system.

— Conrad Black

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

— Peter Brimelow

I just think the most important aspect in being able to have a productive relationship between the teachers' unions and the districts and the…

— Mitt Romney

It was a long-cultivated brand of school funding and alignment with teachers unions that earned Democrats' trust on the issue of education.

— Mary Katharine Ham

We need to take on the teachers' union once and for all.

— Chris Christie

“The corporate reform movement has co-opted progressive themes and language in the service of radical purposes. Advocating the privatization of public education is deeply…

— Diane Ravitch

“Union leaders essentially want the public to believe that all teachers are equal and deserve to be paid and treated that way—but that’s clearly…

— Glenn Beck