AFT President Weingarten: Trump’s Budget ‘Takes a Meat Cleaver to Public Education’
The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) says President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint “takes a meat cleaver to public education.”
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San Francisco Teachers’ Union Provides Anti-Trump Curriculum: ‘Do Not Tell Them That We Have Lost’
The United Educators of San Francisco, the union that represents teachers in the city’s public schools, released a controversial guide Wednesday to teaching public school children about Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the recent election.
Wikileaks Emails Show Teachers’ Union and DNC Tried To Tie Trump To Bullying
The joint effort by both the DNC and the AFT was based on a survey of 2,000 teachers conducted by the leftwing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which prides itself on tracking extremists and hate groups. The group concluded that “the presidential campaign is having a profoundly negative impact on schoolchildren across the country.”
Supreme Court Hears Teachers Union Case
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard a landmark case from California that could weaken teachers’ unions political clout nationwide, leaving them far less capable of supporting their Democratic Party clients.
Past Common Core Defender Chris Christie ‘Shifts’ Position on Standards
The Associated Press aptly defined Republican 2016 contender Gov. Chris Christie’s position on Common Core as “shifting,” a description that could easily be applied to many Republican governors who signed their states on to the standards only to be met by irate parents and teachers once it was discovered what Common Core was all about.
Chicago Public Schools Announce over 450 Layoffs as Budget Crunch Worsens
As the Chicago Public School District’s budget continues to crash, officials have announced the next round of layoffs, with over 450 employees getting the axe in schools across the city.
Chicago Teachers Protest Union Firing 1,400 Employees to Make Pension Payment
Members of the Chicago teachers union and some Chicago parents are protesting this week’s decision made by union officials to fire 1,400 union employees and make $200 million in budget cuts all in order to meet its pending pension obligation.
