ALARMING LEVEL OF TEACHER UNION DAMAGE

The following table of Iowalive’s analysis of Iowa’s 11^th grade math rankings, of 327 schools taking the ITED math test, shows an alarming level of teacher union damage. The teacher union is controlled by constructivist, insecure control freaks, obsessed with money—whom Iowalive identifies as educrats.

They comprise 30% of the teacher’s union and a whopping 60% of school administrators—who are focused on money and control. They firmly believe poor and minority students etc. cannot learn and cannot be taught. They blame school failures on everyone but themselves. Most appear to have passive-aggressive personality and/or obsessive–compulsive disorders, or more. They are so slick and deceptive they exert control of school boards by intimidation, as well as vote counts. But it is even worse when they hold higher offices.

Jason Glass’ emphasis on money-- 4 Tiered Teacher Pay was his first major school proposal--along with his constructivist behavior, clearly show he is an educrat!! Beware of him!!

Branstad got duped and snookered when he thought he bought off the teacher union with 4 Tiered Teacher Pay, that gives many teachers up to 43% pay raises—with no mention of repealing Chapter 20 of the Iowa Code--or adopting vouchers, so poor teachers could be fired or bypassed—or any mention or expectation for improved student achievement.

The teacher union will take the taxpayer’s money, as it always has, keep poor teachers employed, kill vouchers and charter schools, ignore the students, and fight and limit any student achievement improvements with their school board control. Branstad will look like a fool for paying for more school failures—for which he will try to pass a 17% sales tax increase, to pay for. Businesses will back the sales tax increase because they hardly have to pay any of it. Branstad did it before and he will do it again.

The table immediately below shows 67% of the school boards controlled by the union in 2009, which has now increased to 71.3%--and will soon increase further. The union is feeling the heat and taking aggressive action—hiding below the faulty newspaper radar. The big shot newspaper editors, such as the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Des Moines Register, won’t evaluate or endorse school board candidates. The teacher union laughs at the editors and runs desperate TV commercials to deceive the public.

Newspaper editors intimidated by the teacher union will make NO mention of any of this. They will pretend it isn’t true, even though they have no comparable numbers to show what they refuse to admit or talk about.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORTS THE FOLLOWING MATH SCORES AS YEAR 2010-2011, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY 2009. WE HAVE ASKED FOR LATER SCORES BUT THEY HAVE YET TO PROVIDE THEM!

LEGEND
School Board Not Controlled by Teacher Union		In 84 of 100 Top Ranked School Districts
School Board Controlled by Teacher Union		In 94 of 100 Bottom Ranked Districts
Districts Having School Boards Controlled by Teacher Union Perform Poorly in State's 11th Grade Math Ranking.
IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICT RANKING IN 11TH. MATH. 2010-2011 Source: Department of Education
*RANKING OF 327 IA. SCHOOL DISTRICTS TESTED	SCHOOL DISTRICT	**Percent Proficient--Based on IA. 40th National Percentile Rank Standard--Which Equates to About the 9th Iowa Grade Level %	Percent Most Likely Scoring Below the 9th Iowa Grade Level, When Tested in 11th Grade %

	THE EIGHT LARGEST IOWA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SHOWN IN RED. Iowa City, the best of the eight, is ranked 186th in the state. Des Moines, the worst, is ranked 325th.
NA	Diagonal Comm	Too Small Class	NA
NA	Lineville-Clio Comm	Too Small Class	NA
NA	Paton-Churdan Comm	Too Small Class	NA
1	Charter Oak-Ute Comm	95.83	4.17
2	Montezuma Comm	95.83	4.17
3	Alburnett Comm	95.74	4.26
4	West Central Comm	95.65	4.35
5	Harris-Lake Park Comm	95.24	4.76
6	East Central Comm	94.44	5.56
7	Keota Comm	94.44	5.56
8	West Lyon Comm	94.34	5.66
9	North Cedar Comm	94.23	5.77
10	MOC-Floyd Valley Comm	94	6
11	Eastern Allamakee Comm	93.75	6.25
12	Treynor Comm	93.75	6.25
13	West Monona Comm	93.33	6.67
14	Roland-Story Comm	92.41	7.59
15	Andrew Comm	92.31	7.69
16	Northeast Hamilton Comm	92.31	7.69
17	Aplington-Parkersburg Comm	92	8
18	Northeast Comm	91.49	8.51
19	Sheldon Comm	91.36	8.64
20	Decorah Community	91.3	8.7
21	Janesville Consolidated	91.3	8.7
22	Linn-Mar Comm	91.28	8.72
23	Audubon Comm	91.23	8.77
24	Ames Comm	91.11	8.89
25	Ankeny Comm	91	9
26	Williamsburg Comm	91	9
28	Graettinger Comm	90.91	9.09
29	H-L-V Comm	90.91	9.09
27	Gilbert Comm	90.91	9.09
30	Grinnell-Newburg Comm	90.76	9.24
31	Starmont Comm	90.74	9.26
32	West Sioux Comm	90.7	9.3
33	Pleasant Valley Comm	90.69	9.31
34	Clarke Comm	90.54	9.46
35	Sidney Comm	90.48	9.52
36	Okoboji Comm	90.32	9.68
37	West Marshall Comm	90.32	9.68
38	Lynnville-Sully Comm	90.24	9.76
39	Pella Comm	89.88	10.12
40	Sibley-Ocheyedan Comm	89.86	10.14
41	Manning Comm	89.83	10.17
42	Mount Ayr Comm	89.83	10.17
43	Tipton Comm	89.71	10.29
44	Preston Comm	89.66	10.34
45	South Winneshiek Comm	89.66	10.34
46	Spirit Lake Comm	89.47	10.53
47	Kingsley-Pierson Comm	89.29	10.71
48	Carroll Comm	89.23	10.77
49	Calamus-Wheatland Comm	89.19	10.81
50	East Union Comm	89.19	10.81
51	Martensdale-St Marys Comm	89.19	10.81
52	Rockwell City-Lytton Comm	89.19	10.81
53	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Comm	88.89	11.11
54	Twin Rivers Comm	88.89	11.11
55	Harlan Comm	88.72	11.28
56	GMG Comm	88.64	11.36
57	Springville Comm	88.46	11.54
58	Wayne Comm	88.46	11.54
59	New London Comm	88.37	11.63
60	Woodbury Central Comm	88.37	11.63
61	Independence Comm	88.24	11.76
62	Johnston Comm	87.88	12.12
63	Camanche Comm	87.72	12.28
64	Lisbon Comm	87.5	12.5
65	Midland Comm	87.5	12.5
66	West Branch Comm	87.27	12.73
67	Waverly-Shell Rock Comm	87.26	12.74
68	Cedar Falls Comm	87.13	12.87
69	Interstate 35 Comm	87.1	12.9
70	Maquoketa Valley Comm	87.04	12.96
71	Waukee Comm	86.93	13.07
72	Chariton Comm	86.87	13.13
73	BCLUW Comm	86.84	13.16
74	Highland Comm	86.84	13.16
75	Norwalk Comm	86.78	13.22
76	Albia Comm	86.6	13.4
77	Mount Vernon Comm	86.6	13.4
78	Washington Comm	86.54	13.46
79	Humboldt Comm	86.52	13.48
80	North Tama County Comm	86.49	13.51
81	Nodaway Valley Comm	86.27	13.73
82	Central Clinton Comm	86.23	13.77
83	Boyden-Hull Comm	86	14
84	Forest City Comm	85.86	14.14
85	Marion Independent	85.82	14.18
86	Battle Creek-Ida Grove Comm	85.71	14.29
87	Baxter Comm	85.71	14.29
88	Clay Central-Everly Comm	85.71	14.29
89	Collins-Maxwell Comm	85.71	14.29
90	Lewis Central Comm	85.49	14.51
91	Indianola Comm	85.45	14.55
92	Central Lyon Comm	85.37	14.63
94	Sioux Center Comm	85.29	14.71
93	Center Point-Urbana Comm	85.29	14.71
95	Lake Mills Comm	85.11	14.89
96	Valley Comm	85	15
97	Clear Creek Amana Comm	84.96	15.04
98	Dallas Center-Grimes Comm	84.92	15.08
99	Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm	84.85	15.15
100	George-Little Rock Comm	84.85	15.15
101	Denver Comm	84.78	15.22
102	Rock Valley Comm	84.78	15.22
103	Aurelia Comm	84.62	15.38
104	Boyer Valley Comm	84.62	15.38
105	Postville Comm	84.62	15.38
106	Walnut Comm	84.62	15.38
107	Whiting Comm	84.62	15.38
108	Ogden Comm	84.38	15.62
109	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Comm	84.31	15.69
110	Corwith-Wesley Comm	84.21	15.79
111	North Polk Comm	84.15	15.85
112	South Hamilton Comm	84.13	15.87
113	Iowa Falls Comm	84.09	15.91
114	Riceville Comm	84	16
115	Bettendorf Comm	83.98	16.02
116	West Des Moines Comm	83.93	16.07
117	Pocahontas Area Comm	83.87	16.13
118	Northwood-Kensett Comm	83.78	16.22
119	Tripoli Comm	83.72	16.28
120	Underwood Comm	83.67	16.33
121	Clarinda Comm	83.58	16.42
122	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Comm	83.51	16.49
123	Nevada Comm	83.5	16.5
124	West Delaware County Comm	83.46	16.54
125	CAL Comm	83.33	16.67
131	Seymour Comm	83.33	16.67
126	Dike-New Hartford Comm	83.33	16.67
127	Glidden-Ralston Comm	83.33	16.67
128	Hinton Comm	83.33	16.67
129	Laurens-Marathon Comm	83.33	16.67
130	Mediapolis Comm	83.33	16.67
132	Southeast Webster Grand Comm	83.33	16.67
133	Tri-Center Comm	83.33	16.67
134	Sumner Comm	83.1	16.9
135	Spencer Comm	83.09	16.91
136	Western Dubuque Comm	83.07	16.93
137	AGWSR Comm	82.98	17.02
139	East Marshall Comm	82.81	17.19
138	College Comm	82.81	17.19
140	Solon Comm	82.8	17.2
141	Algona Comm	82.69	17.31
142	Wapello Comm	82.61	17.39
143	Durant Comm	82.54	17.46
144	Garner-Hayfield Comm	82.54	17.46
145	Boone Comm	82.43	17.57
146	Osage Comm	82.42	17.58
149	Woodward-Granger Comm	82.35	17.65
147	Howard-Winneshiek Comm	82.35	17.65
148	Urbandale Comm	82.35	17.65
150	Belle Plaine Comm	82.22	17.78
151	Cherokee Comm	82.19	17.81
152	Malvern Comm	82.14	17.86
153	Bedford Comm	82.05	17.95
154	Clear Lake Comm	82	18
155	Lawton-Bronson Comm	81.97	18.03
156	North Scott Comm	81.97	18.03
157	Anamosa Comm	81.82	18.18
158	Ar-We-Va Comm	81.82	18.18
159	Lone Tree Comm	81.82	18.18
160	South Page Comm	81.82	18.18
161	Webster City Comm	81.82	18.18
162	Knoxville Comm	81.76	18.24
163	North Central Comm	81.69	18.31
164	Turkey Valley Comm	81.63	18.37
165	Earlham Comm	81.48	18.52
166	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Comm	81.4	18.6
167	Grundy Center Comm	81.4	18.6
168	Jesup Comm	81.08	18.92
169	Monticello Comm	81	19
171	Ruthven-Ayrshire Comm	80.95	19.05
170	Louisa-Muscatine Comm	80.95	19.05
172	East Buchanan Comm	80.49	19.51
173	Vinton-Shellsburg Comm	80.47	19.53
174	Bellevue Comm	80.43	19.57
175	Wapsie Valley Comm	80.43	19.57
176	Glenwood Comm	80.25	19.75
177	Central Decatur Comm	80	20
178	Corning Comm	80	20
179	Le Mars Comm	80	20
180	Missouri Valley Comm	80	20
181	Newell-Fonda Comm	80	20
182	Carlisle Comm	79.82	20.18
183	Hudson Comm	79.69	20.31
184	Logan-Magnolia Comm	79.69	20.31
185	Fairfield Comm	79.66	20.34
186	Iowa City Comm	79.64	20.36
187	Manson Northwest Webster Comm	79.63	20.37
188	Edgewood-Colesburg Comm	79.59	20.41
189	Madrid Comm	79.59	20.41
190	Mid-Prairie Comm	79.57	20.43
191	Akron Westfield Comm	79.41	20.59
192	Remsen-Union Comm	79.31	20.69
193	Charles City Comm	79.03	20.97
194	Red Oak Comm	78.82	21.18
195	Fremont-Mills Comm	78.79	21.21
196	Villisca Comm	78.79	21.21
197	Wilton Comm	78.79	21.21
198	Prairie Valley Comm	78.72	21.28
199	Maple Valley Comm	78.69	21.31
200	Davis County Comm	78.67	21.33
202	MFL MarMac Comm	78.46	21.54
201	Benton Comm	78.46	21.54
203	Alta Comm	78.38	21.62
204	Murray Comm	78.26	21.74
205	New Hampton Comm	78.26	21.74
206	PCM Comm	78.26	21.74
207	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Comm	78.26	21.74
208	South O'Brien Comm	78.26	21.74
209	Allamakee Comm	78.03	21.97
210	Van Buren Comm	78	22
211	Panorama Comm	77.97	22.03
212	Danville Comm	77.78	22.22
213	Woden-Crystal Lake Comm	77.78	22.22
214	Central Comm	77.5	22.5
215	Muscatine Comm	77.31	22.69
216	Winterset Comm	77.31	22.69
217	North Fayette Comm	77.27	22.73
218	Eldora-New Providence Comm	77.14	22.86
219	North Linn Comm	77.05	22.95
220	Colfax-Mingo Comm	76.92	23.08
221	Riverside Comm	76.92	23.08
222	Schaller-Crestland Comm	76.92	23.08
223	West Harrison Comm	76.92	23.08
224	Wall Lake View Auburn Comm	76.71	23.29
225	A-H-S-T Comm	76.67	23.33
226	Emmetsburg Comm	76.67	23.33
227	St Ansgar Comm	76.6	23.4
228	Cedar Rapids Comm	76.54	23.46
229	Twin Cedars Comm	76.47	23.53
230	Pleasantville Comm	76.36	23.64
231	Van Meter Comm	76.36	23.64
232	Mason City Comm	76.08	23.92
233	Moravia Comm	76	24
234	West Bend-Mallard Comm	76	24
235	Newton Comm	75.97	24.03
236	Ventura Comm	75.76	24.24
237	Sioux Central Comm	75.44	24.56
238	West Liberty Comm	75.34	24.66
239	Shenandoah Comm	75.32	24.68
240	Southeast Polk Comm	75.28	24.72
241	Oelwein Comm	75.27	24.73
242	Anita Comm	75	25
243	Iowa Valley Comm	75	25
244	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Comm	75	25
245	Olin Consolidated	75	25
246	Winfield-Mt Union Comm	75	25
247	Ottumwa Comm	74.83	25.17
248	Oskaloosa Comm	74.6	25.4
249	Maquoketa Comm	74.36	25.64
250	Estherville Lincoln Central Com	74.29	25.71
251	Sheffield Chapin Meservey Thornton	74.29	25.71
252	Cardinal Comm	74	26
253	Guthrie Center Comm	74	26
254	Stanton Comm	73.91	26.09
255	Southern Cal Comm	73.81	26.19
256	West Hancock Comm	73.81	26.19
257	South Tama County Comm	73.74	26.26
258	Perry Comm	73.73	26.27
259	Union Comm	73.68	26.32
260	Mount Pleasant Comm	73.47	26.53
261	Jefferson-Scranton Comm	73.42	26.58
262	Farragut Comm	73.33	26.67
263	Hamburg Comm	73.33	26.67
264	Bondurant-Farrar Comm	73.26	26.74
265	Sigourney Comm	73.17	26.83
266	Ballard Comm	73.15	26.85
267	Harmony Comm	73.08	26.92
268	Westwood Comm	72.92	27.08
269	Clarksville Comm	72.73	27.27
270	Dubuque Comm	72.53	27.47
271	Clarion-Goldfield Comm	72.31	27.69
272	Exira Comm	72.22	27.78
273	Galva-Holstein Comm	72.22	27.78
274	Centerville Comm	71.96	28.04
275	Central City Comm	71.88	28.12
276	Greene Comm	71.88	28.12
277	Sioux City Comm	71.83	28.17
278	Burlington Comm	71.53	28.47
279	Adair-Casey Comm	71.43	28.57
280	Clinton Comm	71.43	28.57
281	Coon Rapids-Bayard Comm	71.43	28.57
282	Orient-Macksburg Comm	71.43	28.57
283	Eddyville-Blakesburg Comm	71.15	28.85
284	Fort Madison Comm	71.07	28.93
285	Fort Dodge Comm	71.05	28.95
286	Atlantic Comm	71.03	28.97
287	Central Lee Comm	70.93	29.07
288	English Valleys Comm	70.83	29.17
289	West Burlington Ind	70.59	29.41
290	Waco Comm	70.27	29.73
291	Davenport Comm	70.1	29.9
292	Melcher-Dallas Comm	70	30
293	River Valley Comm	70	30
294	North Mahaska Comm	69.44	30.56
295	Eagle Grove Comm	69.23	30.77
296	Mormon Trail Comm	69.23	30.77
297	Tri-County Comm	69.23	30.77
298	North Kossuth Comm	68.97	31.03
299	Southeast Warren Comm	68.57	31.43
300	Elk Horn-Kimballton Comm	68.42	31.58
301	Hampton-Dumont Comm	68.13	31.87
302	Pekin Comm	68.09	31.91
303	Columbus Comm	67.8	32.2
304	Dunkerton Comm	67.74	32.26
305	Creston Comm	67.71	32.29
306	Clayton Ridge Comm	66.67	33.33
307	Essex Comm	66.67	33.33
308	Denison Comm	66.41	33.59
309	West Central Valley Comm	66.07	33.93
310	Council Bluffs Comm	65.92	34.08
311	Storm Lake Comm	65.69	34.31
312	Lamoni Comm	65.38	34.62
313	Woodbine Comm	65.38	34.62
314	Nashua-Plainfield Comm	65.08	34.92
315	Waterloo Comm	64.98	35.02
316	Saydel Comm	64.58	35.42
317	East Greene Comm	64	36
318	Belmond-Klemme Comm	63.79	36.21
319	Griswold Comm	63.79	36.21
320	Lenox Comm	63.64	36.36
321	North Iowa Comm	62.79	37.21
322	Colo-Nesco Comm	62.07	37.93
323	Marshalltown Comm	61.99	38.01
324	Armstrong-Ringsted Comm	58.82	41.18
325	Des Moines Independent Comm	56.7	43.3
326	Moulton-Udell Comm	52.63	47.37
327	Keokuk Comm	52.44	47.56
ANYONE CLAIMING TO HAVE BETTER NUMBERS IS ASKED TO PROVIDE THEM.
Only 327 of of 359 School Districts Took 11th Grade Math Test.
**When Kathi Slaughter was at the Department of Education, she conceded Iowa graduates were two grade levels below what they once were. The 40th National Percentile Rank Iowa Standard was chosen by the Dept. of Ed. Director to hide this fact by fraudulently claiming such students to be 'Proficient' at enrolled grade level.