NEA President Calls Merit Pay Naive and Short-Sighted

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Who is Responsible for Mediocre Schools?

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Teacher Voices

Jennifer Baker from Sunset Junior High has written an opinion piece for the Deseret News. Click here to read the article.

By Any Measure, Utah Teachers Underpaid

A new Utah Foundation study finds that the salaries of Utah public school teachers are not at the bottom among neighboring states. That's good news. Because Utah is often alone in the cellar when it comes to the states' investment in education.

However, the researchers would have done well to make broader comparisons in order to paint a complete picture.

Click to read the complete editorial in the Tribune.

DEA PAC Committee Member Speaks Out in the Deseret News

In short, our public education system and our neighborhood public schools are part of the foundation of our republic and society. Anything that will weaken our schools will weaken us as a people.

Read Richard Heath's Letter - Click Here

Who Supports the Middle Class?

For several decades, it has been fashionable and politically correct to bash labor unions. Whereas they comprise such a small part of the population and spend so much less than business on political campaigns, most people have a very unbalanced view.

To read the guest commentary in the Standard Examiner, Click Here.