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    Default Randi Weingarten links school choice to segregation

    Things must not be going well for the teachers union.




    Randi Weingarten’s Racial Demagoguery


    The union head likens choice to segregation. What would Polly Williams think?



    Randi Weingarten, the leader of the American Federation of Teachers, has insulted millions of students and families. In a speech at a union conference last month, Ms. Weingarten claimed that the school-choice movement has its roots in 1960s-era racism. Charter schools and vouchers, she asserted, “are only slightly more polite cousins of segregation.”

    This is a blatant attempt to rewrite history. The modern education-reform movement was originally propelled by African-Americans and progressives. Fannie Lewis, a Cleveland councilwoman and grandmother, fought for the Cleveland Scholarship Program that was enacted in 1995. Polly Williams, a Wisconsin state representative, helped push through Milwaukee’s early school-choice program in 1990.

    Williams, a Democrat and former Black Panther, found few allies for school choice among her natural constituencies. But she firmly believed something had to be done to help children in failing schools. So she joined a diverse coalition, including conservative Gov. Tommy Thompson, to launch the Milwaukee program, which is still running strong more than 25 years later.

    Ms. Weingarten must know these facts, because they have been exhaustively chronicled. Yet she actively hides and obfuscates this history. What’s really motivating her over-the-top rhetoric? The answer lies in the numbers. While thousands of children are on waiting lists for charter schools, the AFT’s membership is in decline. As the union’s head count drops, so does its political clout.

    Figures compiled by union-watcher Mike Antonucci show the seriousness of the situation Ms. Weingarten faces. The AFT routinely claims it has 1.6 million members, but that number, Mr. Antonucci says, “is not strictly accurate.” Here’s his math: He cites U.S. Labor Department filings that show the AFT reported 1,544,143 members last year. More than 600,000 of them belonged to affiliates that are merged with the National Education Association, the other big American teachers union. Although both the AFT and NEA count these people as full members, the two unions must split their dues.

    Mr. Antonucci further says that nearly 357,000 AFT members are retired, meaning they pay no dues. Another 330,000 members work only part time. “The bottom line: AFT’s 1.6 million members equate to a dues-paying equivalent of 854,000 full-time employed teachers,” he writes.

    Ms. Weingarten likes to style herself as a defender of the urban poor, but her recommendations for education tell another story. Her primary concern seems to be self-preservation. But the biggest threat to her power and position won’t be from the Trump administration or school-choice advocates. It will be from AFT members who recognize that she’s undermining the union’s credibility for her own gain.


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    The Confederates did it

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    Charter schools and vouchers, she asserted, “are only slightly more polite cousins of segregation.”

    Wow, just wow.

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    Of course this is a pile on as everything is now about race. I think it is funny that JPPs two biggest virtue signalers have a problem with this.

    This is what happens when you cave to the left trying to curry favor. Suck it


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    Quote Originally Posted by Alice in Liberaland View Post
    Of course this is a pile on as everything is now about race. I think it is funny that JPPs two biggest virtue signalers have a problem with this.

    This is what happens when you cave to the left trying to curry favor. Suck it


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    This has nothing to do with the left. At the end of the day to each his own but if you're on the right this march should be unacceptable. But the desire to protect Trump for not doing th right thing on day one makes people accepting towards the behavior.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    This has nothing to do with the left. At the end of the day to each his own but if you're on the right this march should be unacceptable. But the desire to protect Trump for not doing th right thing on day one makes people accepting towards the behavior.
    He DID the right thing and was totally honest. Can't ask for more than that.

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    Randi hasn't thought this through, or is unaware of the facts.

    I grew up in a suburb of ultra-liberal Boston, MA where there was no school choice. There was forced busing in Boston proper, which forced families out to the suburbs. Thus segregation occurred by town. Each town kept its own district to keep it all segregated, thus high administration costs.

    My kids grew up here, in the conservative South, in a suburb of Winston-Salem. The entire county is one consolidated school district, and any kid can go to any school in the district if he meets the age and academic qualifications. Starting at grade 3, kids who qualify can go to a centrally located school for gifted kids. Special needs kids are also in that school. This both the top 1% and the bottom 1% can get the specialized teaching that they need. We have one school board and a centralized administrative staff so costs are low.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Right View Post
    Randi hasn't thought this through, or is unaware of the facts.

    I grew up in a suburb of ultra-liberal Boston, MA where there was no school choice. There was forced busing in Boston proper, which forced families out to the suburbs. Thus segregation occurred by town. Each town kept its own district to keep it all segregated, thus high administration costs.

    My kids grew up here, in the conservative South, in a suburb of Winston-Salem. The entire county is one consolidated school district, and any kid can go to any school in the district if he meets the age and academic qualifications. Starting at grade 3, kids who qualify can go to a centrally located school for gifted kids. Special needs kids are also in that school. This both the top 1% and the bottom 1% can get the specialized teaching that they need. We have one school board and a centralized administrative staff so costs are low.
    Were you there when the riots and fights were going on over busing? Wild time huh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    This has nothing to do with the left. At the end of the day to each his own but if you're on the right this march should be unacceptable. But the desire to protect Trump for not doing th right thing on day one makes people accepting towards the behavior.
    He 100% did the right thing. He didn't virtue signal for you and the left which apparently has made you sad.

    Tell us again why honestly pointing out that Antifa was violent is a bad thing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Were you there when the riots and fights were going on over busing? Wild time huh?
    I was, but a bit young to really understand what was really going on, and although close enough to ride a bicycle into Boston was very much insulated by the goings-on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Right View Post
    I was, but a bit young to really understand what was really going on, and although close enough to ride a bicycle into Boston was very much insulated by the goings-on.
    Curious, was "Southie" a pretty rough area from your recollection? That's how I always heard it describe although when I lived in Boston in 2008 you could see pockets of gentrification starting to form

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    It's almost 9am.

    Have Cawacko, Threedee and Damo genuflected and virtue signaled to BAC Panther that they hate Nazi's yet?

    Just checking in. I would hate for them to miss an opportunity to get on board

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alice in Liberaland View Post
    It's almost 9am.

    Have Cawacko, Threedee and Damo genuflected and virtue signaled to BAC Panther that they hate Nazi's yet?

    Just checking in. I would hate for them to miss an opportunity to get on board
    Not understanding why it bothers you so much. Hating Nazi's is like hating Communists. Clearly you are ok with using certain words most people wouldn't so maybe you have sympathies with them, I don't know

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Not understanding why it bothers you so much. Hating Nazi's is like hating Communists. Clearly you are ok with using certain words most people wouldn't so maybe you have sympathies with them, I don't know
    As always you miss the point as you seek validation and praise from your political enemies who hate you.

    Of course people hate Nazis. No sane person supports them. This notion that they are responsible for the election of Trump is ludicrous.

    You can say you hate Nazis. But how many times do you think you need to do it?

    Are liberals ever made to condemn communists for their evil acts?

    You are playing into your political enemies hands. But you are too naive to see it.

    Soon you will be here drunk posting about why Deshtard hates you.

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