The president of American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, denied that critical race theory existed. Weingarten leads the powerful teachers’ union and told Fox News host Martha MacCallum this past spring that critical race…
Topic: American Federation of Teachers
Left-wing scholars blast states banning critical race theory
Blowback against critical race theory has spread across the country, where Republican-majority state legislatures have proposed or passed laws banning critical race theory in school classrooms. Now, academics criticize these efforts as heavy-handed, authoritarian, and…
Fox News host, teachers’ union president spar over critical race theory
Fox News host Martha MacCallum interviewed American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten about the validity of critical race theory and why it should be taught in America’s classrooms. Weingarten, a self-described history teacher, issued…
West Virginia scores major victory over teachers’ unions
Over the weekend, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed the Hope Scholarship program into law marking a major victory over the teachers’ unions which crippled his state’s education system years before. In February 2018, the…
The Left’s New Deal ‘for Higher Education’ pushes Big Government rules
Two higher education labor groups, discontented with the status quo in higher education, launched a campaign to push for more federal government requirements to hold institutions accountable for student loan debt, post-graduation job prospects, and…
Teacher union leader defends school closure stance
Fox News host Martha MacCallum and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten had a contentious discussion about New York City’s public schools closure this past week. MacCallum hosts Fox News’s “The Story” show and…
Teachers Union President: Betsy DeVos ‘doesn’t care about children’
American Federation of Teachers, known as AFT, is headed by longtime President Randi Weingarten. In recent comments to the media, she claimed that Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos “in her heart doesn’t care about children.”
Gallup Poll: Americans Agree on Federal Funding for School Choice
A Gallup poll confirmed that the majority of Americans favor federal education tax credits to give parents the power to choose which schools that their children attend.
Betsy DeVos Pledged to Protect Free Speech at Schools
If U. S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos came to the Conservative Political Action Conference in order to establish her street cred with conservatives, she probably succeeded. “I am, perhaps, the first person in America…
Are Charter Schools Working?
Charter schools are becoming a huge piece of the market in some of America’s most troubled cities.
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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