News Analysis Randi Weingarten, the powerful president of the American Federation of Teachers, hasn’t been a working teacher in more than a quarter of a century. Of the six years she spent teaching social studies, half of them appear to have been as a substitute. Yet despite the long absence from her short tenure in…

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are threatening to subpoena American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten as part of an investigation into remote learning policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, chaired by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), is a panel under the House Oversight Committee leading the GOP investigation into “the…

Members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic closely questioned the president of the nation’s second-largest teacher’s union to determine whether it unduly influenced the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) policy on school reopenings during the pandemic. “Americans are curious to know if the AFT [American Federation of Teachers] access was in line…

The president of the nation’s second-largest teachers union faced tough questioning on April 26 by members of a House subcommittee seeking to determine whether the union unduly influenced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) policy on school reopenings during the pandemic. “Americans are curious to know if the AFT [American Federation of Teachers]…

Commentary Schools in the Rochester school district in Michigan include in their curriculum a course called “History of Ethnic and Gender Studies.” If my child were attending school there, I would wonder why this is in the curriculum as part of K-12 education and what is taught. One mother, Carol Beth Litkouhi, wondered enough that…

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the largest teacher labor unions in the country, is being accused of using its funds for political activities while not paying taxes on such spending. Michael O’Neill, Assistant General Counsel at Landmark legal foundation, asked the IRS to audit the AFT over the alleged misrepresentation of funds….

A critical race theorist whose ostensibly “anti-racist” ideas have been accused of perpetuating racism against whites will speak at a major teachers union conference on July 7. Ibram Kendi, a professor of humanities at Boston University, is scheduled to address the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) “Together Educating America’s Children” conference. Kendi will engage in…

The president of one of the largest teachers unions in the country announced Thursday that the union wants all schools to reopen for in-person schooling in the fall. “The United States will not be fully back, until we are fully back in school. And my union is all in,” Randi Weingarten, head of the American…