RiShawn Biddle’s article in The American Spectator does not mention North Carolina, but it is still pretty instructive. Just substitute “North Carolina” for “Alabama” in the passage below, and it would still be pretty accurate.
One would think that Alabama, a state in which teachers unions don’t have the power to force school districts into collective bargaining, would be a bastion of school reform. But within the past year or so, the National Education Association’s Cotton State affiliate has shown there’s more to wielding influence than sitting at negotiating tables.
Even without collective bargaining, the North Carolina Association of Educators have been wielding influence for decades.
