{"id":1600260,"date":"2022-08-11T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T11:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1600260"},"modified":"2022-08-11T07:17:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T11:17:29","slug":"teachers-union-president-randi-weingarten-claims-conservatives-the-enemy-of-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-president-randi-weingarten-claims-conservatives-the-enemy-of-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten Claims Conservatives The Enemy Of Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteachers-union-president-randi-weingarten-claims-conservatives-the-enemy-of-educators%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1600260&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has been dialing up the political rhetoric as children across the country get ready for another school year. Ms. Weingarten hit on just about everything at the latest union conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Everything, that is, except for the actual issue of educating America\u2019s children. It seems odd for someone who claims to care so deeply for the intellectual growth of the next generation of leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Not so odd for those of us parents who are used to the teacher\u2019s unions caring more about political clout than our kids\u2019 education. Not sure continuing to drive a wedge between parents and teachers based on political affiliation is a sustainable tactic. It motivates parents to speak out against the public education system and the unions that manipulate them.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Civil War, or a Revolution?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeingarten &#038; other groups including the Democratic Party, would like us to believe we are one more school board meeting away from a civil war. On the contrary, what we are witnessing is more akin to a revolutionary war. Let me explain.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatBeauVic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KatBeauVic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NZGvFS1jRO\">https:\/\/t.co\/NZGvFS1jRO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moms for Liberty (@Moms4Liberty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Moms4Liberty\/status\/1520840097243049989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/teachers-union-chief-says-floridas-parental-rights-bill-is-how-wars-start-and-shes-right-sort-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teachers Union Chief Says Florida\u2019s Parental Rights Bill Is \u2018How Wars Start\u2019 \u2013 And She\u2019s Right, Sort Of<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Is It Opposite Day?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseestar.com\/2022\/08\/06\/teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-says-conservatives-are-working-to-undermine-teachers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Randi had a wide range of doozy quotes<\/a> at the union conference, starting with her allegation that \u201cConservatives are working consistently to undermine educators in this country.\u201d Perhaps the most confusing thing she said, however, is the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThey\u2019re in the same race as we are between fear and hope, aspiration and despair, democracy and autocracy. And they\u2019re doing this because our members worked so hard during COVID.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Surely she isn\u2019t trying to say that individuals such as herself have been pushing hope, aspiration, and democracy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, between pushing for extended school closures, literacy and mathematics rates are plummeting, and proposals to punish students for not referring to other students by their preferred pronouns, it\u2019s hard to view the unions and school boards as the good guys in this scenario.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They went full Stalin without easing us into it with a Lenin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Moms For Liberty Loudoun \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Moms4LibLoudoun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Moms4LibLoudoun\/status\/1557042650582245377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/gop-leads-on-handling-education-in-poll-from-randi-weingartens-teachers-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanks to an AFT poll<\/a> done in May, what is convenient is that we can see who people believe is at fault for politicizing education. According to the survey, 33% believe Democrats have done more to politicize education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As a point of reference, 28% said Republicans had politicized education more, although 36% blame both parties\u2026which is probably pretty accurate. But does that stop Randi from blaming Republicans? Absolutely not.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lessons of Life<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/parents-randi-weingarten-conservatives-undermine-teachers-she-blocked-schoolhouse-door\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Randi went so far<\/a> as to pinpoint two conservatives by name in her rant against Republicans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIf folks like DeSantis and Devos get their way, kids won\u2019t become critical thinkers and learn the lessons of life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">She goes on to state rather boldly:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSchools are a way of creating pluralism and diversity. That\u2019s why there\u2019s censorship of books and lessons, and calling educators \u2018woke.&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I find it interesting that Randi thinks schools now and even pre-pandemic were teaching children to be critical thinkers and had learned \u2018lessons of life.\u2019 Perhaps the only good thing to come out of COVID is that parents realize that schools haven\u2019t been educating their children to the level required to function in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michaeltnietzel\/2020\/09\/09\/low-literacy-levels-among-us-adults-could-be-costing-the-economy-22-trillion-a-year\/?sh=75b977724c90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 a report by the Department of Education<\/a> found that 54% of adults in our country lack literacy proficiency. Add two years of distance learning; the future doesn\u2019t look bright for the next generation of adults.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As students head back to their classrooms this fall, I&#8217;m happy to clear up any &#8220;confusion&#8221; the media may have about appropriate curriculum:<\/p>\n<p> \u2705 Math, Reading, Writing<br \/>\u274c CRT, Sexualized Content, Transgender Ideology<\/p>\n<p>Florida schools will educate children, not indoctrinate them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantisFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantisFL\/status\/1554618126209359875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Furthermore, a <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/nyt-school-counselors-admit-pandemic-lockdowns-a-total-disaster-for-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times survey<\/a> of school counselors found that overwhelmingly counselors agreed that students were \u2018frozen\u2019 socially and emotionally at the level they were before the pandemic. So could it be that being forced to isolate themselves in their homes and \u2018learn\u2019 through a screen is to blame for this social and emotional stunt?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/public-schools-removal-of-advanced-courses-cultivates-mediocrity-in-the-name-of-equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Schools\u2019 Removal Of Advanced Courses Cultivates Mediocrity In The Name Of Equity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A Quality Investment?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/gop-leads-on-handling-education-in-poll-from-randi-weingartens-teachers-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Randi tweeted<\/a> recently:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWhile extremist politicians are trying to drive a wedge between parents and teachers by banning books, censoring curriculum and politicizing public ed, we\u2019re focused on investing in public schools and the essential knowledge and skills students need.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rweingarten<\/a>: While extremist politicians are trying to drive a wedge between parents &#038; teachers by banning books, censoring curriculum &#038; politicizing public education, we\u2019re focused on investing in public schools and the essential knowledge and skills students need.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFT (@AFTunion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFTunion\/status\/1547602697750081537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That\u2019s a lot to unpack. So let\u2019s start with this supposed investing that has been happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">COVID provided an excuse for the government to funnel billions of dollars into the public education system to bolster school safety, retain and support quality educators, and modernize the schooling system. Unfortunately, however, not a whole lot of that has been done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Perhaps the best example of this is in New York City. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/01\/nyc-schools-still-have-4-4-billion-in-covid-aid-to-spend-by-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comptroller Brad Lander<\/a> says the local Department of Education still has $4.4 billion in stimulus funds to spend. Additionally, allegations that some of this stimulus funding was used in states to pay for curricula with a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/01\/why-was-covid-relief-cash-spent-on-crt-in-schools-and-fueling-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Race Theory flavor<\/a> brought the ire of parents and helped spur the parental movement against indoctrination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The first part of her tweet claiming that it\u2019s politicians forming a wedge between parents and teachers shows that Randi and her compatriots need to take a good hard look in the mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/hey-school-board-leave-our-kids-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hey, School Board, Leave Our Kids Alone!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Great Teacher Exodus<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Shortage\u2019 seems to be our country\u2019s word of the year. If it isn\u2019t baby formula, electronics, new cars, or grain, it\u2019s now teachers that we have a shortage of.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During COVID, the public school teaching workforce shrunk by 7%, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2022\/07\/16\/teacher-shortage-one-third-of-teachers-say-theyre-likely-to-quit-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Economic Policy Institute.<\/a> The future is looking even bleaker, with the Rand Corporation survey done last month showing that a third of teachers and principals are likely to leave the profession in the next year or two.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While all of the ire has been on federal agencies, local governments and schools were given hundreds of billions of dollars of unrestricted COVID money. How many on twitter show up to school board and town meetings to ask for ventilation improvements? Most money is still unspent. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VA8Gu6UyKU\">https:\/\/t.co\/VA8Gu6UyKU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Mazer (@BenMazer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenMazer\/status\/1554441416096481281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news5cleveland.com\/news\/education\/back-to-school\/its-a-shortage-of-respect-teacher-shortage-not-as-dire-in-northeast-ohio-but-they-want-issues-fixed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If you ask Randi<\/a> about the teacher shortage, she claims:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a teacher shortage per se. It\u2019s a shortage of respect. It\u2019s a shortage of good conditions. It\u2019s a shortage of pay. Because if we could fix these things, it would fix the teacher shortage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With so much surplus stimulus money, schools should have plenty of opportunities to improve their conditions and increase pay. But, with the departure of children from public schools at the same time, it\u2019s going to be hard to justify any further funding for these schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is the issue for groups like the AFT. Over the last two years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-than-1-2-million-students-left-public-schools-since-pandemic-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.2 million students<\/a> have left the public school system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/08\/08\/back-to-school-blues-droves-of-americans-ditching-public-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ginny Gentles, the Director of Education Freedom Center<\/a> at Independent Women\u2019s Forum explains:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cParents are flocking to alternative options, with charter school enrollment increasing by 7%, catholic school enrollment increasing by the largest amount in 50 years, and parents exploring an array of homeschooling options.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/playbook-of-left-wing-elite-everything-we-dont-like-is-racist-like-homeschooling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playbook of Left-Wing Elite: Everything We Don\u2019t Like Is Racist\u2026 Like Homeschooling!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It\u2019s Not Us. It\u2019s You<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We are one of those families that opted to keep our children from public school and instead opt for a hybrid private Christian school curriculum homeschool option. And I must say, our six-year-old can read on her own, understand how to count money and basic fractions, and she couldn\u2019t be happier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It\u2019s always hard to admit when you are the problem. But unfortunately, self-reflection and accountability are not something that is done often these days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But the reality is, Randi, it\u2019s not us, and not conservative politicians who are the problem. It\u2019s you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You and groups like yours are the ones that tried to build a wedge between teachers and us. You and groups like you are the ones that have consistently undermined the role of parents in their children\u2019s lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, some Fairfax County parents are rallying against Fairfax County Public School\u2019s policy that suspends students for up to five days for \u201cmalicious misgendering\u201d and \u201cdeadnaming.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/7NewsDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@7NewsDC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Story: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EvOzlHNTzA\">https:\/\/t.co\/EvOzlHNTzA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LzhpV5tsRr\">pic.twitter.com\/LzhpV5tsRr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Minock (@NickMinock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickMinock\/status\/1529955031973257216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Breakups are tough, Randi. But it\u2019s time to move on because parents like me aren\u2019t fooled anymore, and I feel our voices will be heard come November.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Now is the time to support and share the sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider ranks #3 on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has been dialing up the political rhetoric as children across the country get ready for another school year. 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