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进步政策研究所发现，阅读成绩垫底的十个州中有八个拥有强大的劳工工会
作者：罗伯特·施马德 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月17日美国东部时间上午11:30
密西西比州阅读成绩全国跃升
密西西比州州长泰特·里夫斯谈及该州在全国教育排名中的显著攀升，并详细介绍了促成这一成功的关键扫盲与阅读改革举措。里夫斯将教育体系的变革归功于该州的结构化阅读法律和针对性阅读项目。
根据一家中左翼智库的最新分析，教师工会实力更强的州，其扫盲表现往往更差，且采用的被认为能改善阅读成果的政策更少。
进步政策研究所（PPI）的早期扫盲政策评估中，阅读成绩最差的十个州中有八个拥有强势教师工会。在早期扫盲政策得分排名前60%的州中，仅有四个拥有强大的教师工会。
密西西比州、阿肯色州、佐治亚州、路易斯安那州、南卡罗来纳州和印第安纳州均为共和党倾向且工会实力较弱的州，属于阅读成绩最佳的州之列。缅因州、纽约州、伊利诺伊州、夏威夷州、华盛顿州和罗德岛州则为蓝营州，属于阅读成绩最差的州之列。
阿肯色州普及学校选择扩张后学生成绩优于全国平均水平，州长称
美国教师联合会主席兰迪·温加滕于2025年3月13日周四在美国华盛顿特区教育部总部外的集会上发言。唐纳德·特朗普总统因被指计划将教育部员工裁减一半以事实上解散该部门，遭到多个以民主党为首的州起诉。（阿尔·德拉戈/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
这一模式并非绝对。拥有强大教师工会的蓝营州马里兰州，阅读成绩表现亮眼；而工会实力较弱的红州南达科他州，则在阅读教学上表现不佳。这些差异表明，仅凭工会实力和政党掌控力无法解释各州的阅读成绩表现。
进步政策研究所教育政策主任雷切尔·坎特与同事通过对比教师工会实力排名与各州早期扫盲政策得分完成了此次分析。坎特也是推动密西西比州教育改革的参与者之一，该改革让密西西比州从全国教育成绩最差的州之一跃升至前列。
“但民主党人通常不会问我如何复制密西西比州的成功，”坎特说道，“他们会问，考虑到本国教师工会的影响力，这到底是否可行。”
坎特表示，教师工会对教育政策以及这些政策在课堂上的落实方式都有着巨大影响力。这可能导致工会实力更强的州的学校更难应对挑战或采用更有效的新方法。
教师工会面临多年赤字，拟成为俄勒冈州最大政治行动委员会，内部文件显示
美国教师联合会主席兰迪·温加滕于2024年8月22日在芝加哥联合中心举行的民主党全国代表大会上发言。（戴维·保罗·莫里斯/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
密西西比州的改革举措包括增设幼儿园至三年级的筛查项目、配备扫盲教练、制定个性化阅读计划，并让未通过州阅读测试的三年级学生留级。该州还通过基于科学的阅读教学、加强教师培训和更严格的教师资格认证要求来强化这些措施。
诸如此类的教学调整，在拥有强势教师工会的州往往难以推行，工会代表辩称这些变革会给教育工作者带来过重负担。
伊利诺伊州民主党州长违背教师工会意愿，支持全州课堂手机禁令
芝加哥教师联合会副主席杰克逊·波特于2026年2月26日在芝加哥公立学校总部外的集会上发言。（安东尼奥·佩雷斯/芝加哥论坛报/论坛新闻服务 via 盖蒂图片社）
进步政策研究所研究中成绩不佳的多个州也由民主党领导。教师工会每个选举周期都会斥资数亿美元支持民主党候选人，并推动左翼政策。
“由民主党主导的州在采纳类似改革方面行动更为迟缓，”坎特说道，“有组织的劳工势力或许可以解释这一差距的部分原因。”
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多个由共和党领导的南方州已采纳与密西西比州类似的教育改革举措。这些州在进步政策研究所发布的学生扫盲最佳州排名中占据主导地位。
Powerful teachers’ unions share striking link with states struggling to teach kids to read
2026-09-17T11:30:58-04:00 / Fox News
The Progressive Policy Institute found eight of the ten lowest-scoring states for reading had strong labor unions
By Robert Schmad Fox News
Published September 17, 2026 11:30am EDT
Mississippi surges nationally in reading scores
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves discusses the state’s dramatic rise in national education rankings, detailing the key literacy and reading reforms behind the success. Reeves credits the state’s structured literacy laws and focused reading programs for transforming the educational system.
States with stronger teachers’ unions tend to have weaker literacy performance and have adopted fewer of the policies credited with improving reading outcomes, according to a new analysis from a center-left think tank.
Eight of the ten states to score among the worst in the Progressive Policy Institute’s (PPI) assessment of early-literacy policies were home to powerful teachers’ unions. Among the top 60% of states in terms of early-literacy policy scores, only four had strong teachers’ unions.
Mississippi, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina and Indiana, all Republican leaning states with weak unions, were among the states with the best literacy outcomes. Maine, New York, Illinois, Hawaii, Washington and Rhode Island, blue states, were among the worst.
ARKANSAS STUDENTS OUTPERFORM NATIONAL AVERAGE AFTER UNIVERSAL SCHOOL CHOICE EXPANSION, GOVERNOR SAYS
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during a rally outside of the US Department of Education headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 13, 2025. President Donald Trump was sued by a group of mostly Democratic-led states over his alleged plan to effectively dismantle the US Education Department by slashing its workforce in half.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The pattern isn’t universal. Maryland, a blue state with a strong teachers’ union, has posted strong reading results, while South Dakota, a red state with a weaker union, has struggled. The differences suggest union strength and party control alone don’t explain states’ reading performance.
Rachel Canter, PPI’s director of education policy, conducted the analysis with colleagues by comparing teacher-union strength rankings with states’ early-literacy policy scores. Canter is also one of the people behind the slate of educational reforms in Mississippi that propelled the state from among the worst in the country for educational outcomes to among the best.
“Democrats, however, don’t often ask me how to replicate Mississippi’s success,” Canter said. “They ask if it’s possible at all, given the power of teachers’ unions in their home states.”
Teachers’ unions, according to Canter, exert massive amounts of influence over both educational policies and how those policies are implemented in the classroom. This can make schools in states with stronger unions slower to adapt to challenges or to adopt new, better methods.
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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 22, 2024.(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mississippi’s reforms, among other things, added kindergarten-through-third-grade screenings, literacy coaches, individual reading plans and held back third graders who failed the state reading test. The state reinforced those measures with science-based reading instruction, increased teacher training and tougher licensing requirements.
Tweaks to teaching like these can be difficult to achieve in states with influential teachers’ unions, with labor reps arguing that the changes place undue burdens on educators.
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Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter speaks at a rally outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026.(Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Many of the states that underperformed in the Progressive Policy Institute’s study also have Democratic leadership. Teachers’ unions spend hundreds of millions of dollars every electoral cycle on electing Democrats and pushing left-of-center policies.
“States dominated by Democrats have been slower to embrace similar reforms,” Canter said. “Organized labor might explain some of this gap.”
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Multiple GOP-led Southern states have adopted educational reforms similar to those introduced in Mississippi. Those same states dominated the Progressive Policy Institute’s rankings of the states with the best student literacy.
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