Karen Cuen

Karen Cuen is an elementary school teacher in Southern California and a member of the board of For Kids & Country.

Seattle

Opinion

September 14, 2022

Good teachers should cross picket lines to teach kids

Teachers unions need some way to keep the COVID mayhem going, so strikes are happening across America.

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Jesse Sharkey speaks outside Peirce Elementary School on the first day of a strike by the CTU, on October 17 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion

January 11, 2022

Don't confuse good teachers with teachers unions

Ever since the Chicago Teachers Union announced that its teachers "decided" not to go back to school for in-person learning, I’ve been hearing and reading about teachers being called "lazy" and "unprofessional losers," among other names that can’t be printed.