Wednesday, April 21, 2021

A union leader mixes toxic race theory with anti-Semitism to justify closed schools

A union leader mixes toxic race theory with anti-Semitism to justify closed schools
  • Randi Weingarten attacked Jewish parents who want schools opened as “privileged” members of the “ownership class” to justify the harm her union is doing to kids.
"If there is any profession other than medical personnel that would ordinarily be thought of as “essential workers,” it would have to be teachers. 
...That’s why one of the most discouraging aspects of the coronavirus pandemic has been the public-school teachers unions’ opposition to the reopening of schools for in-person instruction, despite all the evidence showing that doing so is both safe and in the best interests of children.
That the unions seem to have an agenda that is contrary to the goal of advancing education has been clear for a long time. 
But nothing has done more to illustrate the way leadership of these groups prioritize their own selfish interests and leftist doctrine, as opposed to education itself, than an interview that Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, gave to JTA this week...Read all.

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