[Reopening Schools]
Weingarten: “Parents and teachers are on the same page when it comes to school reopening…and reject President Trump and Betsy DeVos’ agenda to strip schools of funding if they don’t fully reopen.”
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EDUCATION SECRETARY BETSY DEVOS
Poll Shows Parents, Teachers Want “Safety First” on Reopening Schools
AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN DENOUNCES DEVOS’ MISUSE OF COVID-19 FUNDS
[Betsy DeVos\CARES Act Funding]
Weingarten: “DeVos is using what little discretionary money was provided for education in the CARES Act to move full-steam ahead with turning our public schools into online cash cows for her corporate friends.”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN: TRUMP’S 2021 BUDGET PROPOSAL CUTS HELP WEALTHY TO DETRIMENT OF WORKING AMERICANS
[Trump’s 2021 Budget]
AFT President Weingarten: “In his State of the Union address last week, Trump preached a litany of lies, claiming his agenda was pro-worker, pro-family, pro-growth and, most of all, pro-American. Yet, just one week later, he’s unveiled a budget that cuts billions of dollars from all the programs that would advance such goals.”
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AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN PRAISES REAUTHORIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
[Education News]
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten: “The College Affordability Act is a big step toward making higher education a realistic possibility for everyone who aspires to a college education. House Democrats have stepped up with a proposal that meets the needs of the struggling and the striving by creating a genuine pathway to college affordability, revamping loan forgiveness so it is there for people who need it, and increasing the investment in colleges and universities—institutions that have long suffered terrible disinvestment.
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN DENOUNCES EDUCATION SECRETARY DEVOS FOR CALLING TEACHERS “BULLIES” AT RIGHT-WING CONFERENCE
[Education News]
AFT’S Weingarten on DeVos: “Betsy is taking a page out of the president’s playbook by calling people names when things aren’t going well. It’s so disappointing that, once again, she has betrayed her responsibilities as secretary of education to foster safe and welcoming environments for students and to resist the divisiveness and polarization enabled by her boss…When you put privatizers over public schools, and lenders over students, we’re going to call you out.”
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ON ANNIVERSARY OF MICHAEL BROWN’S DEATH CONSERVATIVES SEND FERGUSON OFFICIALS “BLUEPRINT” ACTION PLAN FOR BLACK AMERICA
[Black Conservative News]
Project 21’s Blueprint: contains 57 policy recommendations over 10 key areas that Black conservatives say are designed to remove barriers that keep Black communities from reaching their full potential and ensure that access to the American dream is attainable for everyone.”
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