Nat'l Teachers Union head having a cow over fear DeSantis will trigger flight to private schools

Randi Weingarten heads the American Federation of Teachers and is having a panic attack stemming from policies that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have implemented will encourage parents to remove their kids from leftism-teaching public schools, and transfer them to private schools instead. If this happens in large enough numbers, then there is hope for the nation.

If you are not suffering from Alzheimer's or other memory disorder, you will recall how the teachers unions across the country had schools locked down due to COVID-19, even after the vaccine was available. It seemed that if Weingarten and teachers in general had their way, remote learning would have lasted until the children were old enough to marry and settle down. Teachers did not want to go back to the classroom and were among the most cowardly among us.

On Thursday, Weingarten referencing an article in The New Republic, a far-left rag, that attacked DeSantis for his policies. The sleepy-face union prez tweeted: 

“This isn’t just about masks or about Governor DeSantis’ political aspirations. It’s about the complete destabilization of public education so that parents will choose private schools.” https://t.co/o9FkLV7vNW

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten)

But, like Bernie Sanders says about higher taxes, private schools is a good thing. Teachers in private schools can be terminated for poor performance. They are also not beholden to a union and therefore don't have to teach the mantra of critical race theory. Private schools also don't have to abide by public school mandates and can have a sane approach to masking requirements.

In July, Weingarten hysterically attacked Gov. DeSantis, tweeting that “Millions of Floridians are going to die for Ron DeSantis’ ignorance and he’s choosing to profit from it,” after DeSantis’ campaign team offered T-shirts saying, “Don’t Fauci My Florida.” 

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Unlike the left's profiting from apparel they sell on their websites like AOC, for example. It isn't the same for them.

In March, DeSantis unveiled a $106 million civics education initiative, developed under the advisement of Hillsdale College, which directs a line of charter schools, including one run by the education commissioner’s wife. The initiative emphasizes “the influence of the Ten Commandments.” It also bans “Marxist” critical race theory. 

In June, the state Board of Education banned any instruction that defines American history “as something other than the creation of a new nation based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.”

DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw blasted Weingarten in a statement to The Daily Wire, saying, “Is Randi Weingarten’s ridiculous claim that selling a koozie will lead to ‘millions’ of Floridians dying an example of Critical Math Theory? It’s terrifying that the fate of any child’s education is in the hands of someone so incredibly ignorant.”

The Daily Wire reported in May 2021 about the "destabilizing" of public schools and placed the blame squarely on the AFT and Weingarten:

The American Federation of Teachers, led by Randi Weingarten, appears to have lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep schools shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic and “even suggested language for the federal agency’s school-reopening guidance released in February,” according to a Saturday report from the New York Post, based on emails between the AFT and CDC.

“The powerful teachers union’s full-court press preceded the federal agency putting the brakes on a full re-opening of in-person classrooms, emails between top CDC, AFT, and White House officials show,” the Post reported Saturday.

Weingarten’s tweet engendered responses like this one from Karol Markowicz:

I will say again: absolutely no one destabilized public education last year more than Randi Weingarten. School choice movement owes her a big thank you. We noticed that public schools controlled by her stayed closed while the private schools in same areas opened. We saw. https://t.co/5LPuCt054v

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) October 1, 2021

So please, Randi Weingarten, don't give the American public your crap about DeSantis and your fear about losing students to a better educational experience.

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