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Randi Weingarten deserves the fury of parents across the nation
nypost.com ^ | March 12, 2025 | Post Editorial Board

Posted on 03/13/2025 9:11:52 AM PDT by V_TWIN

American Federation of Teachers honcho Randi Weingarten’s sudden outrage over Team Trump’s plan to abolish the federal Department of Education is simply about losing her own power and influence — not any risk to the kids.

America’s “competitors — and adversaries — are no doubt cheering President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education,” Weingarten asserts in an MSNBC column, pretending the DOE “helps give all children in the United States access to the great public school education they deserve.”

Nonsense: Few kids in America have “access” to “great public school education”; we lag our peers badly in international testing.

“A gutted department would mean fewer teachers, more crowded classrooms and increased mental health and behavioral challenges for students,” she lies.

“We’d most likely see increased absenteeism and decreased graduation rates.”

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KEYWORDS: aft; anationatrisk; education; proterrorist; randiweingarten; uniongoon; unions; weingarten
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To: V_TWIN

I prefer to see criminal charges against Randi. Purposeful destruction of children’s live by this evil monster and her vile union.


21 posted on 03/13/2025 9:49:19 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: JBW1949
Each state is unique and education should be controlled by each state and not the federal government...

Education shouldn't be controlled by anyone.

Aided, supported, guided, enhanced, etc - have at it. Controlled? Definitely not.

22 posted on 03/13/2025 9:54:15 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

That’s all basically what I was referring to as “controlled”....


23 posted on 03/13/2025 10:10:55 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Ditto
Wiengarten shows the exact same single-minded, gangster-type attitudes as the industrial union bosses we saw in the 1960s and 1970s:

Years ago I was prepping a conference room at a mid size city and overheard a teacher's conference speaker in an adjoining room.
I was surprised by the hostility of the speakers. There was nothing said about the "good of the children" or anything else except increasing the benefits, control, protection of the teachers.
they were strategizing the coming city elections and there was doubt where they stood.

24 posted on 03/13/2025 10:32:15 AM PDT by oldbrowser ( )
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To: V_TWIN

#1 in expenditure per student.

Dead LAST in quality of results vs the other industrialized nations.

SHE is the problem.


25 posted on 03/13/2025 12:13:42 PM PDT by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight all)
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To: V_TWIN

Randi is the current face of the dysfunctional public education system of this Nation.
She deserves all the scorn and derision that can be heaped upon her.


26 posted on 03/13/2025 12:30:12 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: V_TWIN

Few organizations have done more damage to more generations and American prosperity than teachers’ unions.

D@amn them to the hell they deserve.


27 posted on 03/13/2025 2:26:37 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: rlmorel

Was that before or after he sold the Panama Canal for ONE Dollar?


28 posted on 03/13/2025 2:36:17 PM PDT by ABN 505 (+)
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To: Tennessee Nana

If a loudmouth trouble maker, or “autistic”—read retarded kid showed up, they were shuffled off to special education classes.


29 posted on 03/13/2025 2:59:15 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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To: V_TWIN
Actually, America's “competitors — and adversaries — are no doubt cheering at how Weingarten and her evil gang have managed to destroy American educational levels while enriching themselves.
The vastly better educated Chinese are no doubt laughing at America, as they continue to make huge strides in technology and everything else.
Every effort must be made to destroy the American Federation of Teachers who are corrupt, incompetent and destructive.
30 posted on 03/13/2025 3:44:10 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: oldbrowser
I was surprised by the hostility of the speakers. There was nothing said about the "good of the children"

Years ago a local radio talk show host used to have the teachers union president on his show. During the course of the conversation an issue came up and the host said that would be bad for the students. The union president laughed and said when the kids start paying union dues he’ll worry about them. Until then he didn’t give a damn about the kids. The guy was not kidding. He really didn’t give a damn.

31 posted on 03/14/2025 8:46:20 AM PDT by Ditto
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