The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) used a wrong flag in its latest attempt to show solidarity with Ukraine, prompting discussions about the failures of American public education under the influence of the teachers union. “AFT President [Randi Weingarten] and [AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus] stand with #Ukraine,” the AFT wrote in a now-removed Twitter post, which included a photo of Weingarten and DeJesus holding a poster featuring a yellow-blue flag. The actual Ukrainian flag is a blue-yellow flag resembling the blue sky over a wheat field—imagery associated with the Eastern European country’s reputation as a wheat exporter. The poster reads, “We stand with Ukraine, AFL-CIO,” in reference to The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, the largest federation of unions in the United States. This elementary mistake made by the top leaders of the nation’s second-largest teachers union quickly became the subject of much ridicule, …