03/06/2023
I always have supported teachers' unions, but this statement seems very legitimate:
"In 2020 and 2021, like many other sectors of society, the teachers union lost the capacity for moral reasoning and developed a monomaniacal obsession with “safety.” The sentiment expressed in the infamous Chicago teachers union tweet (“The drive to reopen schools is rooted in racism, sexism, and misogyny”) exemplified the degree of hysteria in large, urban school districts. Ignoring the clear harm they were doing to children, union leaders made increasingly cruel, hypocritical, and illogical decisions.
School closures were a yearlong exercise in anti-solidarity. Teachers expected essential workers to deliver food, pick up their trash, & keep the lights on—all while the union withheld education from these workers’ children."
A former public school teacher documents the profound betrayal of America’s students
