'We never use the word strike … we should be careful about the words we use'
Teachers' union president Randi Weingarten is plotting a teachers' strike to shut down schools in Puerto Rico, according to a conversation overheard Friday in the first-class car of an Acela train heading to New York.
Puerto Rico is in the midst of implementing school-choice reforms, opposed by Weingarten's American Federation of Teachers. Last month Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed legislation to increase the number of charter schools and voucher programs.
Weingarten said she does not want to use the word "strike," but wants to use the strategy of recent teacher walkouts in Oklahoma and West Virginia as a model to fight against school-choice reforms.
"We never use the word strike," Weingarten was overheard saying on the phone in a first-class car. "We are a human shield for the kids … teachers are doing this in the stead of parents and kids."
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2 comments:
Take back our schools..VOUCHER PROGRAM NEEDED IN MD TOO!!!
She just told Wells-Fargo that teacher's would quit using the bank unless Wells Fargo withdrew their support of the NRA.
She's a liberal POS, and the media wants to paint Betsy DeVoss as the evil one.
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