[American Federation of Teachers\President Randi Weingarten]
Weingarten: “I am so honored to represent this country’s educators, healthcare professionals and public employees alongside Evelyn De Jesus and Fed Ingram.
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American Federation of Teachers
AFT President 2020 Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Public Schools
[American Federation of Teachers\Randi Weingarten]
Weingarten: “The PDK poll confirms once again what we know to be true: Public schools are supported by an enduring majority of Americans, and Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos’ vicious agenda to ‘end’ them is the antithesis of what Americans want.”
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National Radio town hall on Reopening Schools to held Aug. 15
[“Getting It Right: Reopening Our Nation’s Schools”]
“Getting It Right: Reopening Our Nation’s Schools” will be aired live on WPFW 89.3 FM in Washington, D.C., and audio streamed on www.wpfwfm.org; aired live on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City and audio streamed on www.wbai.org.
Photo: Event Flyer
AFT’s Weingarten Rejects Trump’s Schools Reopening Guidelines
[American Federation of Teachers\Randi Weingarten]
Weingarten: “If people are looking for someone to blame for school buildings staying closed, they should look no further than DeVos, Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.”
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AFT’s Weingarten Disappointed in Republican COVID-19 Relief Proposal for Schools
[COVID-19 Relief]
Weingarten: “The funds proposed for K-12 public schools, colleges and universities are woefully inadequate given the expenses schools will face to reopen safely.”
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Has CDC Changed Stance on School Reopening to Help Trump?
[COVID-19 Pandemic]
Weingarten: “The CDC may have changed its tone to accommodate President Trump’s whims, but the details of its guidance remain the same: Schools cannot reopen safely and equitably until we have effectively contained the virus spread.”
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Education Job Losses to Top 1.4 Million Without Urgent Federal Stimulus
[COVID-19\School Funding]
Weingarten: “Our nation is at a critical crossroad, and the decisions Congress and the president make in the next two weeks will be felt for generations to come.”
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AFT’s Weingarten to McConnell: Take Up HEROES Act Now
[HEROES Act]
Weingarten: “It’s a dereliction of duty for Mitch McConnell to go on vacation in July without passing the federal investment our schools desperately need to safely reopen this fall…McConnell and Republican senators to take up the HEROES Act.”
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DeVos’ School Privatization Funding Attempts Escalate After Espinoza Ruling
[Betsy DeVos\School Privitization\Espinoza Ruling]
Weingarten: “It is telling that, after spending more than three years doing nothing to help the public schools that 90 percent of children attend, Betsy DeVos races to divert resources into private hands 48 hours after the Supreme Court’s decision in Espinoza.”
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AFT’s Weingarten: U.S. Supreme Court’s Espinoza Ruling Threatens Public Education
[Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue]
Weingarten: “Never in more than two centuries of American history has the free exercise clause of the First Amendment been wielded as a weapon to defund and dismantle public education.”
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