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							<title><![CDATA[Wave of Conservative Attacks on NEA, AFT Is Misguided]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/07/26/wave_of_conservative_attacks_on_nea_aft_is_misguided_153091.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Sacks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the National Education Association'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s national meeting in Portland and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s highly-publicized departure from the Democratic National Committee, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s been open season on teachers unions in conservative...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Los Angeles Teachers Are Striking]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/03/23/why_los_angeles_teachers_are_striking_149019.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Sacks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Forty minutes can be a long time.
It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Friday afternoon and I receive a substitution summons to cover the last class of the day. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a special education class, and the rules say there must be a certified teacher there.
Teaching SpEd classes is often complicated and demanding,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[COVID School Closures: A Defense of Teachers Unions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/10/covid_school_closures_a_defense_of_teachers_unions_148704.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Sacks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Critics are assailing teachers unions for the 2020-2021 school closures. I'm a union representative who supported those closures. While we can't be sure our response to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' this confounding pandemic'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was 100% correct, one thing is clear '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' our actions were not unreasonable.
Consider...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Thomas Sowell Goes to Bat for Charter Schools. Whiffs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/02/thomas_sowell_goes_to_bat_for_charter_schools_whiffs.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Sacks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The successful teacher strikes of 2018-2019 led to limits on charter school expansion and put charters on the defensive. Now economist Thomas Sowell is leading the counterattack.
Conservatives are hailing Sowell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new book, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Charter Schools and Their Enemies,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and wielding...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If Government Won&rsquo;t Protect Students, Teachers Unions Will]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/15/if_government_wont_protect_students_teachers_unions_will_143711.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Glenn Sacks</author>
							<description><![CDATA[They acted like they had no idea the school year was coming.
Earthquakes, fires, floods, and hurricanes can be difficult to plan for -- an event everybody knows begins in mid-August is not. Instead of the federal government implementing a responsible, science-based plan to reopen...]]></description>
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