{"id":442702,"date":"2022-05-06T02:26:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T23:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-randi-weingarten-is-actually-undermining-trust-in-public-schools\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T02:26:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T23:26:07","slug":"how-randi-weingarten-is-actually-undermining-trust-in-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-randi-weingarten-is-actually-undermining-trust-in-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Randi Weingarten is actually undermining trust in public schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2310df7a2b7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2310df7a2b7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-randi-weingarten-is-actually-undermining-trust-in-public-schools\/#%E2%80%9CHow_Randi_Weingarten_is_actually_undermining_trust_in_public_schools%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How Randi Weingarten is actually undermining trust in public schools&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_Randi_Weingarten_is_actually_undermining_trust_in_public_schools%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How Randi Weingarten is actually undermining trust in public schools&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In Randi Weingarten\u2019s florid telling, far-right activists are resorting to unchecked propaganda and \u201cBig Lies\u201d to mislead parents, undermine trust in teachers and financially cripple public schools in hope of replacing them with a universal, unregulated voucher system. In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6172216\/public-schools-extremists\/\">a breathless essay<\/a> for Time magazine, Weingarten, head of the nation\u2019s second-largest teachers union, blames \u201cdark money-funded extremists\u201d for an orchestrated campaign to weaken public education, \u201cundermining our democracy and further eroding America\u2019s middle class.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In New York, we call this <em>chutzpah<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>American Federation of Teachers chief Weingarten has ample reason to be concerned about the decline in trust in America\u2019s public schools, which have lost more than 1 million students in the past two years. But no one bears greater responsibility for that hemorrhage than Weingarten herself.<\/p>\n<p>My AEI colleague Nat Malkus just <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.returntolearntracker.net\/\">released<\/a> an exhaustive set of student-enrollment data covering the vast majority of US public-school systems. It shows that nearly 1.2 million children exited public-school systems in the 2020-21 school year, including more than 80,000 in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>This year some districts recovered while others continued to shrink. The difference was not due to a right-wing campaign to undermine public schools, as Weingarten claims. It was how those districts responded to COVID. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/RemoteLearning.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A general view of a grammar school student participating in a remote learning class on the Zoom video conference website at home during the omicron variant surge of the coronavirus pandemic or COVID-19 pandemic in Hawthorne, NJ on January 4, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-22160745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/RemoteLearning.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/RemoteLearning.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/RemoteLearning.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Public schools have seen a huge drop in in enrollment. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Districts that returned to in-person instruction more quickly have seen enrollment recover; those that stayed remote the longest continued to lose students. \u201cI thought we\u2019d see a relationship with in-person learning, but I didn\u2019t think it would be this strong,\u201d Malkus notes.<\/p>\n<p>If Weingarten wants to talk \u201cBig Lies,\u201d there\u2019s none bigger than her own bald-faced lie, repeated endlessly in interviews and on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, that she \u201cworked to reopen schools safely since April 2020.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Never mind that the union\u2019s affiliate in Washington, DC (enrollment down 4% since the 2019-20 school year), held a sickout strike to stop schools from reopening. Never mind that the AFT\u2019s affiliate in Chicago (down 7%) claimed demands to reopen schools were \u201crooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.\u201d Never mind that the union in Los Angeles (down 9%) insisted \u201creopening safely\u201d included union demands for a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2020\/07\/28\/teachers-unions-want-wealth-taxes-charter-school-bans-and-medicaid-for-all-before-schools-can-reopen\/\">moratorium on charter schools<\/a>, wealth taxes and Medicare for All. <\/p>\n<p>Never mind that Weingarten noisily insisted that she wanted kids back in school even while lobbying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention behind the scenes to slow-walk a return to full-time, in-person instruction. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Blasioprotest.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Parents and children protest then Mayor Bill De Blasio\u2019s constant closure of public schools outside of Gracie Mansion on March 18, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-22160824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Blasioprotest.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Blasioprotest.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Blasioprotest.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Parents and children protest then Mayor Bill De Blasio\u2019s constant closure of public schools outside of Gracie Mansion on March 18, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew McDermott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The full cost of this calamity is becoming clear. A <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cepr.harvard.edu\/files\/cepr\/files\/5-4.pdf?m=1651690491\">Harvard study<\/a> released Thursday concluded that shifts to remote or \u201chybrid\u201d instruction during 2020-21 had \u201cprofound consequences for student achievement,\u201d especially for those attending high-poverty schools, where they were \u201ca primary driver of widening achievement gaps.\u201d The report ominously concluded: \u201cIf the achievement losses become permanent, there will be major implications for future earnings, racial equity and income inequality, especially in states where remote instruction was common.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/op-eds\/how-to-lose-the-culture-war\/\">not unsympathetic<\/a> to Weingarten calling out the rhetorical excesses of conservative activists and culture warriors. But she\u2019s doing public education and teachers no favors with her refusal to take parent discontent over critical race theory and gender ideology in schools seriously, attributing it to disinformation and saying almost blithely that \u201cthis is how wars start.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Her new \u201cBig Lie\u201d is painting a picture of parents as mere dupes of extremists and ideologues, which she claimed in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/the-rick-smith-show-2359958\/aft-president-randi-weingarten\">recent interview<\/a> is a \u201cbase vote strategy\u201d by Republicans. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Parents.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Angry parents and community members protest after a Loudoun County School Board meeting was halted by the school board because the crowd refused to quiet down, in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S.  June 22, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-22160907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Parents.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Parents.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Parents.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Randi Weingarten has ignored many American parents who are infuriated by things going on in public schools.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Evelyn Hockstein<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Weingarten is either misreading the moment or in deep denial. For decades, polls have consistently shown Americans trust Democrats to do a better job on education than Republicans. But a new <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/04\/29\/1095366671\/npr-pbs-newshour-marist-survey-republicans-biden-democrats-midterms\">NPR\/Marist poll<\/a> finds parents with children under 18 in their households \u2014 those with the clearest view and skin in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> \u2014 now favor Republicans over Democrats for Congress by an almost a <em>two-to-one margin<\/em>: 60% to 32%.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers, too, have good reason to be concerned about Weingarten\u2019s tin ear and habit of stepping on rakes. For nearly half a century, Gallup\u2019s \u201chonesty and ethics\u201d survey has shown grade-school teachers among the most trusted professionals. At the pandemic\u2019s start in 2020, trust in teachers had jumped to 75%. Today, it\u2019s 64%: still strong but a troubling all-time low.<\/p>\n<p>As long as a majority of our children attend traditional public schools, it\u2019s in the interest of every American for them to perform well and to be trusted by parents. For reasons known only to her, Weingarten <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears determined to drive faith in public education into the ground.<\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Pondiscio is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a former New York City public-school teacher.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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