{"id":2026052,"date":"2023-09-08T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-sidesteps-question-of-hiding-students-orientations-from-parents\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:55:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:55:32","slug":"randi-weingarten-sidesteps-question-of-hiding-students-orientations-from-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-sidesteps-question-of-hiding-students-orientations-from-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Randi Weingarten avoids answering about concealing students&#8217; orientations from parents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Frandi-weingarten-sidesteps-question-of-hiding-students-orientations-from-parents%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=2026052&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--><h2>American Federation of \u2063Teachers President Refuses to Commit to Transparency with Parents<\/h2>\n<p>American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten recently appeared on C-SPAN to discuss the state of education and address questions from callers. One caller from \u2062Florida raised the issue of schools\u200b withholding information about \u2063students&#8217;\u200b gender \u2063identity. Weingarten, who \u2062identifies as a gay woman, \u200bshared her personal experience and admitted that she would have been upset if her high school teacher had disclosed her identity to her parents before she \u2064was ready. She emphasized that \u2062she only came out to her parents after graduating from law school.<\/p>\n<h3>New College of Florida Faces Housing Shortage and Liberal \u2062Revolt After DeSantis &#8216;Experiment&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Weingarten acknowledged the complexity of the \u200dissue and the \u2064difficult decisions teachers often face. While she did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/randi-weingarten-sidesteps-question-of-hiding-students-orientations-from-parents\/\" title=\"Randi Weingarten avoids answering about concealing students' orientations from parents.\">outright condemn \u200dteachers \u200bwithholding personal information<\/a>, she also\u2063 did\u200d not explicitly recommend keeping it a secret from parents. She stated, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think \u2062there&#8217;s a bright light here,&#8221; indicating the lack\u2064 of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-left-there-with-no-trophy-ncaa-female-swimmer-who-tied-for-fifth-with-trans-athlete-says-officials-put-lia-thomas-ahead-of-her\/\" title=\"\u2018I Left There With No Trophy\u2019: NCAA Female Swimmer Who Tied For Fifth With Trans Athlete Says Officials Put Lia Thomas Ahead Of Her\">clear-cut solution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-defends-his-administrations-record-amid-low-approval-numbers-multiple-crises\/\" title=\"Biden Defends His Administration\u2019s Record Amid Low Approval Numbers, Multiple Crises\">previously expressed concerns<\/a> about a part of the Florida curriculum \u200dthat addresses how slaves developed skills for their personal benefit. This has led to criticism of Governor Ron DeSantis for allegedly sanitizing the teaching \u2063of black history, with black advocacy groups and other \u200corganizations voicing their \u2062objections.<\/p>\n<p>The American Federation of Teachers boasts a membership of over 1.7 million individuals. Weingarten \u200dhas been leading the organization \u200bsince 2008.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to\u200d read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten declined to promise full transparency to parents regarding students. During her appearance on C-SPAN, she responded to inquiries about education. 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