Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, testifies before a House subcommittee hearing on COVID-19 school closures on April 26. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo) WASHINGTON — Long gone are the days when American children started their school day with a laptop at the kitchen table. Since the Omicron surge of early 2022, schools across […]
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Who killed Cynthia Moffett and Randi Gorenberg? Families mark anniversary of unsolved murders
Debbie Moffett described her sister Cynthia as a leader who went to great lengths to help others. Idey Elias recalled her daughter Randi Gorenberg’s kindness. Those memories were resonant as two families this weekend marked the March 23 anniversary of two of Palm Beach County’s oldest unsolved homicide cases. Saturday, March 23, will mark the […]
Teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten says House hearing crossed the line
WASHINGTON — Congressional hearings are frequently acrimonious, but they rarely descend into the kind of personal attack that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., waged against teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten at a House hearing last week on pandemic-related school closures, an issue that continues to excite strong passions. Those passions were expressed in a “very […]
Randi Weingarten, Anthony Fauci, and why are we still talking about pandemic school closures
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, testifies before a House subcommittee hearing on COVID-19 school closures on April 26. (Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo) WASHINGTON — Long gone are the days when American children started their school day with a laptop at the kitchen table. Since the Omicron surge of early 2022, schools across […]
Randi Weingarten’s slapped with another fact-check by X after touting in-person learning post-COVID
The American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on Tuesday was fact-checked by social media platform X after she touted in-person learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. “In-person learning is where kids do best, which is why educators & their unions worked hard to reopen US schools safe in-person learning beginning back in […]