As former state superintendent of Oklahoma, I’ve seen what happens when teachers put students first instead of politics. The unions come after them. Good educators get harassed, pushed aside, even forced out of the classroom, not because they failed their students, but because they refused to follow the union’s radical agenda.

Unions once claimed to represent teachers. That’s over. They’ve turned into political machines, more interested in power than in kids. Parents who ask questions are attacked. Teachers who think for themselves are punished. Students are treated as pawns in an ideological fight.

That’s why I’m stepping in as the incoming CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, a new organization launched by the Freedom Foundation to address the gaps they saw in educator support across the country. Our mission is simple: stand with teachers, empower parents and........

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