The endorsement of anti-child and anti-learning policies by teachers has a favorable impact on parents’ ability to choose schools for their children.
All of the credit for this year’s unprecedented expansion of parental choice in public education should go to Randi Weingarten, who is known as the Most Valuable Player in School Choice.
Despite the substantial resources and organizational ability of teachers’ unions like the American Federation of Teachers, which is led by President Randi Weingarten and has been working for years on the issue of the efficacy of school choice, the union has chosen to ignore the results of their efforts.
Those who advocate for student and parental agency in the classroom have persevered and fought for change for a significant amount of time, despite the fact that it has been a difficult fight.