{"id":520536,"date":"2022-12-03T01:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T22:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/randi-weingartens-alternative-fact-defense-of-her-actions-during-the-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T01:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T22:44:53","slug":"randi-weingartens-alternative-fact-defense-of-her-actions-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/randi-weingartens-alternative-fact-defense-of-her-actions-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"#Randi Weingarten&#8217;s &#8216;alternative fact&#8217; defense of her actions during the pandemic"},"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-6a22a87812944\" 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-6a22a87812944\" 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-weingartens-alternative-fact-defense-of-her-actions-during-the-pandemic\/#%E2%80%9CRandi_Weingartens_%E2%80%98alternative_fact_defense_of_her_actions_during_the_pandemic%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Randi Weingarten&#8217;s &#8216;alternative fact&#8217; defense of her actions during the pandemic&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRandi_Weingartens_%E2%80%98alternative_fact_defense_of_her_actions_during_the_pandemic%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Randi Weingarten&#8217;s &#8216;alternative fact&#8217; defense of her actions during the pandemic&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/randi-weingarten.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Responding in our pages to Mike Pompeo\u2019s column calling her \u201cthe most dangerous person in America,\u201d American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten offers some choice . . . alternative facts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To start, a real whopper: \u201cOur teachers give their all for their students, showing up every day for their kids, partnering with parents and helping the next generation fulfill their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even pre-COVID, that wasn\u2019t true. Yes, many public-school teachers are wonderful. But year after year of testing evidence shows that the public school system fails the most vulnerable kids again and again. And forget about fulfilling dreams: In New York City alone in 2019, some 43% of high school graduates were deemed college-unready by the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then came COVID. And with it the pointless, anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> school closures Weingarten and her union allies demanded. The kids suffered, for two miserable years; the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationsreportcard.gov\/highlights\/ltt\/2022\/\">National Assessment of Educational Progress issued earlier this year<\/a> tells the grim tale.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(It also shows that Catholic schools, which prioritized in-person learning, didn\u2019t fail.)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The pandemic years saw the largest drop in reading scores among nine-year-olds since 1990, with an even steeper decrease in math (the first-ever such drop).<\/p>\n<p>Decades of progress were erased. And other analyses show the losses were concentrated most among black and Hispanic students. Which reveals just how deeply Weingarten failed the public by putting her members\u2019 interests far above the kids\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShowing up every day for their kids?\u201d Not a chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The reading figure gives the lie to another claim of Weingarten\u2019s: that she thinks \u201cliteracy is crucial.\u201d\u00a0If that were true, she and her fellow \u201ceducation leaders\u201d would\u2019ve done <em>everything<\/em> in their power to ensure that younger kids were learning to read during the pandemic. Spoiler alert: They didn\u2019t, and now around one-third of the youngest schoolchildren are failing to hit reading benchmarks.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to her parting shot \u2014 that she (and presumably the union she runs) will go on \u201cdoing the serious work of helping our nation\u2019s kids, families and communities recover and thrive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We refer you to her callous insistence in the face of questions about lost school time that \u201ckids are resilient.\u201d<strong> <\/strong>In other words, she has <em>zero<\/em> commitment to helping children thrive: Let them fend for themselves, it\u2019ll all be fine!<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, her actions suggest that Weingarten won\u2019t lift a finger for children if it involves any inconvenience to her dues-paying members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though we\u2019ve long faulted Weingarten\u2019s honesty, we thought it only fair to give her a  chance for an unedited reply to Pompeo. 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