Pathetic: Minneapolis Public Schools last week announced they’ll allow remote attendance for students at least through mid-February — and teachers unions are pushing for similar policies throughout the metro region.
Pathetic: The pretext — ongoing ICE activities — impacts only a few blocks here and there; this is just performative politics serving adults at the expense of learning.
The school system acted at the request of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators; teacher unions are always looking for excuses for their members to slough off work, and this has the added advantage of hyping the supposed ICE menace: Along with every other local lefty institution, the union is “demanding” ICE’s exit from the city.
One scandal here is how so many teachers’ unions now prioritize left-wing politics over education, as last year’s National Education Association convention made unmistakable. (Bonus sign: Their official anti-Trump agenda managed to misspell “fascism.”)
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