{"id":514960,"date":"2022-11-24T01:15:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/randi-weingarten-is-a-danger-to-our-children\/"},"modified":"2022-11-24T01:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:15:44","slug":"randi-weingarten-is-a-danger-to-our-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/randi-weingarten-is-a-danger-to-our-children\/","title":{"rendered":"#Randi Weingarten IS a danger to our children"},"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-6a2310b3526d7\" 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-6a2310b3526d7\" 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\/randi-weingarten-is-a-danger-to-our-children\/#%E2%80%9CRandi_Weingarten_IS_a_danger_to_our_children%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Randi Weingarten IS a danger to our children&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRandi_Weingarten_IS_a_danger_to_our_children%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Randi Weingarten IS a danger to our children&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>What do you call someone who controls the futures of 49.9 million American public-school children? (For context, Canada has a total population of 38 million.)<\/p>\n<p>Governor? Prime minister? The Most Dangerous Person in the World? That\u2019s what former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo just called Randi Weingarten. <\/p>\n<p>Randi is the president of the second-largest teachers union in the United States. Until schools closed in 2020, I, like most Americans, had no idea who she was or the significance of the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association in our lives. The teachers-union leaders enjoyed relative anonymity as they pulled the strings of America\u2019s educational and political establishments \u2014 just offstage.<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic lockdowns pulled back the curtain and exposed us to the harsh truth. Suddenly, as parents found themselves fighting on the frontlines to reopen our nation\u2019s schools, we were faced with an unfamiliar \u2014 and to many of my fellow liberal Democrats unexpected \u2014 adversary.<\/p>\n<p>While we may have previously believed we share the same values \u2014 commitment to diversity, freedom of choice and all basic civil liberties \u2014 it turned out the fake values the unions espoused were not what we thought. Furthermore, they held all the cards while parents were left holding their inconsolable children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Randi Weingarten speaks during the Get Out the Vote Rally in Detroit.\" class=\"wp-image-24769888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Weingarten speaks during the Get Out the Vote Rally in Detroit.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As stakeholders in our children\u2019s public education, many of us thought we had a seat at the table. We believed all the engagement rhetoric coming from our mayors, schools chancellors and even our president that parents mattered, that our public schools were lifting our concerns up and centering our children\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p>During the lockdowns and school shutdowns, we quickly realized our delusion. We did not have a say. We watched in despair when on her first full day in the White House, First Lady Jill Biden met with AFT chief Weingarten and NEA head Becky Pringle. She famously told them, \u201cYou will always have a seat at the table.\u201d You know who didn\u2019t? Parents and kids.<\/p>\n<p>So you\u2019ll understand why Mike Pompeo\u2019s comment that Randi is the most dangerous person in the world resonated with me. Randi and her fellow union leaders are the ones who kept our schools closed, our children masked and our communities divided during the darkest times of our lives. They had countless opportunities to lead, to help to unite. But they chose to destroy instead.<\/p>\n<p>The result? Math tests scores decreased by the largest amount ever. Decades were taken off reading scores. The union, meanwhile, wants fewer tests, less accountability, and an overall lowering of academic standards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (L) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten visit with striking Chicago teachers at Oscar DePriest Elementary School on October 22, 2019 in Chicago.\" class=\"wp-image-24769905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Randi-Weingarten-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Weingarten visit with striking Chicago teachers at Oscar DePriest Elementary School on October 22, 2019.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Randi says Pompeo is attacking her because she\u2019s \u201cJewish and gay.\u201d This is just another attempt at gaslighting by using identity politics to obscure the truth. Randi and the teachers unions have extorted billions of dollars from this country, and instead of using it to keep schools open and help the most disadvantaged kids, they funneled it into key Democratic races including Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s, which raised a record $60 million. <\/p>\n<p>Today, while Randi races around the world trying to \u201csave\u201d democracies, she leaves in her wake the smoldering flames of an irreversibly wrecked public-education system she was entrusted with. The greatest democracy in the world is at risk because of her malfeasance.<\/p>\n<p>I would say that\u2019s pretty dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><em>Natalya Murakhver is co-founder of Restore Childhood, a nonprofit dedicated to ending COVID mandates for children and restoring athletics, art and academics across the United States. She is producing a documentary on the lockdowns called \u201c15 Days\u2026\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>: @<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>letoZucchini<\/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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