Randi Weingarten Prioritizes Political Power Over Students
The leader of the nation’s second-largest teachers union recently proclaimed that she is “doing everything (she) can to safeguard democracy against the gravest threat since the Civil War.” Rather than address the crucial challenges facing American students and educators, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten focused her final New York Times column of the year on former President Donald Trump. Instead of honoring educators, Randi pontificated about the presidential election.
The Times generously grants Randi a monthly column. She uses the column to brag about her union’s political power (“AFT-supported candidates won over 80 percent of the time”), attack parents as “extremists” and “opponents,” fan the flames of the intentionally deceptive book ban narrative (“school libraries in Florida with every book removed and classroom bookshelves covered by tarps”), and pretend that education freedom advocates are “ideologues”’ determined to destroy schools.
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Educational Equality? Not in Chicago.
The Chicago Board of Education under Democratic Mayor and former Chicago Teachers Union organizer Brandon Johnson approved a resolution to move toward ending selective enrollment for public schools serving high-achieving students in Chicago.
The resultant continued devolution of academic achievement among those who can least afford it, in Chicago and across the country, will be emblematic of this era, in which progressives demonstrate renewed zeal for victimizing the most underserved Americans while pretending to serve them.
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ON THE RADAR
National School Choice Week (January 21-27) provides a great opportunity to learn about available education options and celebrate school choice. During the week, 70 large-scale events, including 33 school fairs, will take place in 46 states. A total of 27,112 events will occur across all 50 states. Find events in your state here and use National School Choice Week resources to learn about different school choice options in your state.
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