Walker tells billionaire donor he will “divide and conquer” unions in his state.

This week we talk about the recent pension victory in Arizona, Gov Dayton of Minnesota vetoing a bill that would have removed tenure from layoff discussions, the Hainesport Education Association in New Jersey winning a 6 month campaign to preserve custodian jobs and push back privatization and feature video of Colorado health technician Judy Near, NEA’s ESP of the year, discussing how collective bargaining has helped protect her and her students.

After months of negotiations, Connecticut students, educators and parents are sounding a note of optimism as both chambers of congress have passed a sweeping education reform bill.

More affluent schools have made significant gains in academic improvement over the past 40 years while under-funded schools, despite making some strides, have been unable to close the achievement gap.

This week we talk about Colorado’s election of a new association president and NYSUT’s delegates voting for new association priorities for next year, as well as featuring video of the recent rallies in Connecticut and the York City Education Association president appearing on the Ed Show to talk school funding cuts in Pennsylvania.