31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Don’t come at me, bro. I know the above quote is about spiritual liberation, but the truth is always freedom. Randi Weingarten, current President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), told the truth about unions, teachers and bureaucracy, for the first time to our knowledge. From the Post Millennial:
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), made waves during an interview on MSNBC last week where she suggested her union members “don’t really care” whether the Department of Education remains intact under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
“My members don’t really care about whether they have a bureaucracy at the Department of Education or not,” Weingarten said. She also referenced the union’s historical stance, noting that former AFT president Al Shanker opposed the department’s creation in the 1970s, believing its responsibilities should remain within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to better address “the whole child.”
Their desires to educate “the whole child” have led us to the sorry state of American education today. Here are the words coming right out of the horse’s mouth:
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