NR Daily: Randi Weingarten’s Smear

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is paid not to tell the truth about school choice, and she deserves a raise. In a speech last week, she purported to uncover the racist roots of the school-choice movement in "massive resistance" to school desegregation in the 1960s. She noted that segregationist politicians in Prince Edward County, Va., notoriously shut down the public schools rather than integrate, and set up a private school system that white kids could use tuition grants and tax credits to attend ...

July 25 2017

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Randi Weingarten's Smear

Rich Lowry

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, is paid not to tell the truth about school choice, and she deserves a raise. In a speech last week, she purported to uncover the racist roots of the school-choice movement in "massive resistance" to school desegregation in the 1960s. She noted that...

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