Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Lecturers, speaks throughout a March for Our Lives rally in opposition to gun violence on the Nationwide Mall June 11, 2022.
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The Subject: Nathan Cunneen’s column on lecturers unions’ contributions to declining check scores.
Bravo, Nathan Cunneen. It’s about time somebody begins telling the reality about how corrupt and self-serving the lecturers unions are (“The Unions Didn’t Care,” PostOpinion, Sept. 2)
These disgraces to schooling shouldn’t be allowed to observe a pet, by no means thoughts educate youngsters.
One factor you probably did miss is the lecturers. They play the “we now have to observe our union” card, when they're those who vote their union leaders in. They're simply as a lot responsible.
We pay their salaries and it’s time they take heed to the dad and mom or pack up their pencil bins and get out. Lecturers and their unions have failed the youngsters lengthy sufficient.
Storm Destro
Bayonne, NJ
Why is anybody shocked that in the course of the pandemic, scores went down? Faculties needed to shut to guard all, whereas medical doctors and scientists discovered what we have been coping with. Distant studying was tough, disagreeable and presupposed a mum or dad in the home able to assume instructing duties.
I wrote to the chancellors, mayors, and so forth., about using the retired instructor pressure within the metropolis and close by suburbs.
Each volunteer might agree to some hours every week and coordinate with grade lecturers about what to assist youngsters with. Work might be achieved individually or in small teams, throughout college or after college. I didn't hear a piece again.
Dianne Stillman
Brooklyn
Of all the various penalties our nation suffered in the course of the pandemic, the injury that was achieved to our youngsters’ schooling was essentially the most preventable.
There was no cause to maintain public colleges closed so long as they have been — and the numerous drop in math and studying scores was only one a part of that injury.
For that, nobody deserves extra blame than Randi Weingarten, the despicable chief of the nation’s largest instructor’s union.
The union used the pandemic as political leverage and bullied the CDC and the feckless Biden administration into doing the union’s bidding.
Robert DiNardo
Farmingdale
The large shock concerning the outcomes of the most recent Nationwide Evaluation of Instructional Progress assessments is that they weren’t even decrease.
It’s not the pandemic responsible, however somewhat the way in which it was handled on the nationwide stage by incompetent college boards staffed with lecturers extra involved about themselves than their college students. Nicely achieved, Randi Weingarten.
Joe Schulok
The Bronx
The Subject: Donald Trump’s remark that he would pardon and apologize to Jan. 6 rioters.
Donald Trump would give “full pardons with an apology” to capitol rioters if elected once more (“Don: I’ll pardon Jan. 6 rioters,” Sept. 2).
This man is deranged. By dismissing violence in opposition to the Capitol Police, he's saying that anytime you don’t agree along with your fellow residents, it’s OK to assault them and the authorities.
How can anybody with any frequent sense not completely condemn this man? He isn't worthy of anybody’s vote as a result of he's a stain on our democracy and our nation.
Henry Beyer
Woodmere
When is sufficient sufficient? Trump is favorably taking a look at a pardon for all Jan. 6 convicted insurrectionists.
Smart up, America. If this man is re-elected, will probably be an authoritative, unchecked authorities and democracy might be a reminiscence.
Republicans, Democrats and independents can't enable this to occur. The rule of regulation has to imply one thing for the nice of society.
Gary Kleinman
Los Angeles, Calif.
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