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25 Jul 2008, 8:02 pm
For Ken DeRosa who is still waiting for a sound reason to expand school services into health and additional social services: I'm still waiting on someone fom Broader, Bolder to offer some evidence supporting the effectiveness of their call to expand public education to cover a myriad of social services.This week both Diane Ravitch and Randi Weingarten offer tepid defenses over at The Education Gadfly.Let's take Ravitch's defense first:I care as much about academic… [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 3:04 am by Walter Olson
“California’s Absurd and Insidious ‘Bill of Rights for Children’ Invites Pernicious Meddling” [Jacob Sullum] “1 in 4 U.S. teachers are chronically absent, missing more than 10 days of school,” and rate in some districts reaches 80+%; AFT chief Randi Weingarten cites “root causes” [Alejandra Matos, Washington Post] Steve Horwitz reviews Abby Schachter’s book No Child Left Alone: Getting the Government Out of Parenting… [read post]
22 Nov 2022, 4:18 am
"Said Mike Pompeo, quoted in "Mike Pompeo: 'The most dangerous person in the world is Randi Weingarten'" (Semafor).Pompeo, the former Secretary of State, seems to intend to run for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024. [read post]
30 May 2014, 7:19 am
In late January, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, spoke at a school-board meeting at First Avenue School in Newark. [read post]
30 Nov 2014, 4:39 am by Jon Gelman
., several hundred union members and others protested, including Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, whose placard said, “Walmart: Breaking the Promise of America. [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 8:04 am by Walter Olson
” [@stuartpstevens] And the one about considering teachers’ union head Randi Weingarten as schools chief. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 9:26 am
" The debate, at Milwaukee Area Technical College, was about student debt, and the participants were American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, economics professor Michael Rosen, and an MATC student. [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 12:42 pm by Tom Smith
AFT President Randi Weingarten said AFT will "do everything in our power to stop any kind of action against our immigrant families, our Muslim families, our Latino families and especially our undocumented students. [read post]
15 May 2009, 3:36 pm
But, not being a chump, I am betting dollars to rupees on Randi Weingarten and the AFT. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 3:38 pm
  The American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stated in a press release, "The AFT fully supports the President's call for shared responsibility for education…"   A bold move, maybe, since many AFT locals  disagree with the President’s view on merit-based pay. [read post]
7 Mar 2022, 10:51 am by Tom Smith
You, leadership in school districts that closed for the entirety of the 2020-2021 school year because American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten told you to — and you were too afraid to counter. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 11:57 am
Randi Weingarten, the president of the city's teachers union, the United Federation of Teachers, called the lawyers a "teacher gotcha unit" and said she found it "disgusting" that the Education Department would issue such a memo after the release of new school report cards that bluntly grade schools A through F. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 9:24 am by Matt Johnston
It is hard to argue with Moskovitz's results with a population that everyone tends to write off.Of course, Randi Weingarten and her crowd will say "oh the charters only pick the cream of the crop," but that is not how it works. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 4:57 am by Donald Barbati
 It’s saying to workers, ‘I know you didn’t create the problem, but you solve it,” Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 5:04 am by Mark Tabakman
”  Randi Weingarten, who leads the American Federation of Teachers asserted that Mr. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 6:46 am by Joy Waltemath
“So-called right-to-work legislation should really be called ‘right to work for less,’” AFT President Randi Weingarten said in a statement. [read post]
4 May 2012, 3:27 am
Membership of the Commission includes: Richard (Dick) Parsons, Retired Chairman, Citigroup, Chair of the New NY Education Reform Commission Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Geoffrey Canada, Founder & CEO, Harlem Children's Zone Irma Zardoya, President & CEO, NYC Leadership Academy Elizabeth Dickey, President, Bank Street College of Education Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey, President, Say Yes to Education Lisa Belzberg, Founder… [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 11:08 am
Do you think that Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, will suddenly serve up innovative ideas for trade unions to assist small businesses? [read post]
19 Aug 2008, 9:00 pm
Joining the program on Monday, August 25th will be Former President Jimmy Carter; Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar; Miami Mayor Manny Diaz; Illinois state leaders Alexi Giannoulis, Dan Hynes, Lisa Madigan, and Tom Balanoff from Illinois SEIU; long-time Barack Obama mentor Jerry Kellman; NEA President Reg Weaver; AFT President Randi Weingarten; and NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan. [read post]