“But teachers no longer have any input on whats being taught. That all comes from central administration.”
And yet, those same teachers overwhelmingly support left-wing teachers unions and politicians who perpetuate the current environment. My sister is a retired school teacher. She’s also a Democrat. We don’t talk about politics.
> And yet, those same teachers overwhelmingly support left-wing teachers unions and politicians who perpetuate the current environment. <
There is some truth there, but only some. I taught in an urban school district. Every last city official was a Democrat. But we teachers pretty much mirrored society as a whole. There were conservatives, liberals, and everything in between.
As for the union leadership, oh yes they were one-sided. Every one of them was either left or far left.
So how could the rank-and-file be so balanced, and the union leadership be so leftist? Well, at election time the leadership would pull stunts that would make Stalin blush. A group of us even once saw a lawyer about that. We wanted to sue the union. The lawyer looked into it, and told us nothing could be done.