In this day and age the current state of Teachers’ Unions is up in the air. Teachers’ Unions have always had an impact on the field of education. Depending on the person, organization, politician, and other member or group of society, you will receive a variety off opinions and stances taken about Teachers’ Unions. There are many reasons in why people are in favor or against Teachers’ Unions and there are many factors that are in play that must be addressed. Unions in an agency-fee state are allowed to charge for bargaining states, they consist of 21 states (Antonucci, 2016). In other states there are different laws that either make it harder or easier for unions to collect agency fees. For example a law in Wisconsin passed called “Act 10”
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Either direction it goes because of the changes at the state level, Teachers’ Unions are in a position to prove themselves to their members that they are making a change. This will definitely change the landscape of education in America in so many ways. The future of Teachers’ Unions in a post-Friedrichs victory would mean that unions would lose about half-billion dollars each year (Antonucci, 2016). The first way this will affect education in America is unions would definitely not have the same political force as they currently have. Being involved in policy is something unions have been doing since their inception. All people who have somewhat information about the history of education know that when educators or the ones who have a strong understand of education are present were policy is being made about education is much better than having politicians create laws about different things in education which they do not have too much knowledge about. Teachers’ Unions have had a major rule in ensuring that educators have a major role in policy by listening to the different issues that teachers are facing, The second way this will affect education in America is there will be an increase in teacher shortages which is already a massive problem many districts in America are facing. The massive problem is because the demand for new teachers and the shortage present brings about difficulties for schools to properly staff classrooms with qualified teachers (Ingersoll, 2001). One might ask how does this relate to Teachers’ Unions but they definitely go hand in hand. Teachers’ Unions are important driving forces for their members in asking for higher salaries as we can even see in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case. There is a positive correlation between districts with Teachers’ Unions and higher student performance and this is in relation to teacher salaries
Either direction it goes because of the changes at the state level, Teachers’ Unions are in a position to prove themselves to their members that they are making a change. This will definitely change the landscape of education in America in so many ways. The future of Teachers’ Unions in a post-Friedrichs victory would mean that unions would lose about half-billion dollars each year (Antonucci, 2016). The first way this will affect education in America is unions would definitely not have the same political force as they currently have. Being involved in policy is something unions have been doing since their inception. All people who have somewhat information about the history of education know that when educators or the ones who have a strong understand of education are present were policy is being made about education is much better than having politicians create laws about different things in education which they do not have too much knowledge about. Teachers’ Unions have had a major rule in ensuring that educators have a major role in policy by listening to the different issues that teachers are facing, The second way this will affect education in America is there will be an increase in teacher shortages which is already a massive problem many districts in America are facing. The massive problem is because the demand for new teachers and the shortage present brings about difficulties for schools to properly staff classrooms with qualified teachers (Ingersoll, 2001). One might ask how does this relate to Teachers’ Unions but they definitely go hand in hand. Teachers’ Unions are important driving forces for their members in asking for higher salaries as we can even see in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case. There is a positive correlation between districts with Teachers’ Unions and higher student performance and this is in relation to teacher salaries