Report Card: Randi Weingarten Can’t Erase Her History On School Closures
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Opinion

Report Card: Randi Weingarten Can’t Erase Her History On School Closures

Aaron Withe

During the COVID pandemic, we all suffered loss — loss of freedom, loss of a loved one, loss of a job or home. One can argue, however, that no one lost more than public school students, particularly those in liberal states who were subject to extended school shutdowns.

On Wednesday, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation’s second largest teacher’s union, testified in the House Oversight Committee hearing titled “The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2.”

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