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Why binding arbitration must go: CCEA union wins by stalling

Teachers who lack seniority will go first, not bad teachers


Victor Joecks
Nevada Policy Research Institute

May 3, 2012

NPRI — and many other observers — told you so.

We told you that the collective bargaining system is rigged in favor of public-employee unions.

We told you that binding arbitration and "evergreen" clauses ensure that union contracts almost always get bigger, while avoiding needed reforms.

We told you that the education reforms passed during the 2011 Legislative Session, while an improvement, were so minor that, in practice, they changed nothing in many cases.

And, yesterday, when an unelected, unaccountable arbitrator from California sided with the Clark County Education Association in its dispute over salaries and other issues with the Clark County School District, our predictions were spot on, once again.

It's not pleasant to say, "We told you so." The whole point of analyses and forecasts showing negative outcomes looming is to prevent those negative outcomes. Forewarned, elected officials should change course.

But the CCEA union was able to "win" its contract negotiations simply by running out the clock. Now, according to the district, up to 1,000 teachers must be laid off.

And the union is already using the same strategy for next year's contract negotiations!

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Pre-K doesn’t give children a lasting head start

Overwhelming evidence shows learning gains from pre-K are minimal, temporary

By Victor Joecks


NPRI

March 15, 2012

Joyce Haldeman, a lobbyist and associate superintendent for the Clark County School District, testified at a Senate Finance Committee meeting on March 14, 2011, that for "students [to be] ready to learn, early childhood [education] is key." Her statement was echoed by Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, who said Nevada needs to "invest in early childhood education."

Indeed, numerous members of the educational establishment and political leftists have already expressed support for expanding government-funded pre-K programs in Nevada. For instance, both Clark County Superintendent Dwight Jones and Washoe County Superintendent Heath Morrison have indicated their desire to expand pre-K...

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