No, Virginia, collective bargaining isn’t related to better student outcomes
GUEST COLUMN, David Trabert, Kansas Policy Institute
A recent claim about collective bargaining by a Virginia teacher reminds me of a lesson used by the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan to help fellow Democrats understand that there is no connection between school funding and student achievement.
Noting that northern states tended to have better outcomes, Moynihan, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, exclaimed, “If you want to improve your state’s math scores, move your state closer to the Canadian border!”