Randi Weingarten

The federal government, the law that we did in a bipartisan way that we helped shepherd through in the last days of the Obama administration... says that the Department of Education can't do curriculum. It can't be the human resource officer of schools.

The federal government, the law that we did in a bipartisan way that we helped shepherd through in the last days of the Obama administration... says that the Department of Education can't do curriculum. It can't be the human resource officer of schools.

It basically is there to fill in opportunity gaps and to ensure that a kid who feels schmiced, a kid who feels like there's an anti-Semitic incident that happened, a kid who is disabled or a kid with disabilities who's not getting the services, they can go to the Department of Education and say, help me. And the funding, and this will be my last point, the funding, the funding is for poor kids.

It basically is there to fill in opportunity gaps and to ensure that a kid who feels schmiced, a kid who feels like there's an anti-Semitic incident that happened, a kid who is disabled or a kid with disabilities who's not getting the services, they can go to the Department of Education and say, help me. And the funding, and this will be my last point, the funding, the funding is for poor kids.

It basically is there to fill in opportunity gaps and to ensure that a kid who feels schmiced, a kid who feels like there's an anti-Semitic incident that happened, a kid who is disabled or a kid with disabilities who's not getting the services, they can go to the Department of Education and say, help me. And the funding, and this will be my last point, the funding, the funding is for poor kids.

The funding is for kids with disabilities. The funding is for career tech ed pathways. The funding is for kids who are trying to become English proficient. The funding is for rural kids. The funding is for kids who are going to college as the first one in their families, the first generation to go to college, and they're trying to make it work and have a little scholarship. That's why

The funding is for kids with disabilities. The funding is for career tech ed pathways. The funding is for kids who are trying to become English proficient. The funding is for rural kids. The funding is for kids who are going to college as the first one in their families, the first generation to go to college, and they're trying to make it work and have a little scholarship. That's why

The funding is for kids with disabilities. The funding is for career tech ed pathways. The funding is for kids who are trying to become English proficient. The funding is for rural kids. The funding is for kids who are going to college as the first one in their families, the first generation to go to college, and they're trying to make it work and have a little scholarship. That's why

you saw that kids are basically saying, I'm having none of this because they see their futures being snatched.

you saw that kids are basically saying, I'm having none of this because they see their futures being snatched.

you saw that kids are basically saying, I'm having none of this because they see their futures being snatched.

When they say abolish, so there's three things. Essentially, when they say abolish the Department of Education, I'm a civics teacher, AP Gov, Clara Barton High School, Brooklyn, New York. If you look at the Constitution, it's the Congress who appropriates. It's a Congress that makes laws. The president signs it and executes the law.

When they say abolish, so there's three things. Essentially, when they say abolish the Department of Education, I'm a civics teacher, AP Gov, Clara Barton High School, Brooklyn, New York. If you look at the Constitution, it's the Congress who appropriates. It's a Congress that makes laws. The president signs it and executes the law.

When they say abolish, so there's three things. Essentially, when they say abolish the Department of Education, I'm a civics teacher, AP Gov, Clara Barton High School, Brooklyn, New York. If you look at the Constitution, it's the Congress who appropriates. It's a Congress that makes laws. The president signs it and executes the law.

But it's really only the Congress that can abolish the Department of Education. So but what the president can do and what they're doing and you see it in all of the, you know, with with the chainsaw that Elon Musk used, you know, over and over again in these last month or so, they can make government basically ineffective, not work by a thousand cuts. And that's what they're doing.

But it's really only the Congress that can abolish the Department of Education. So but what the president can do and what they're doing and you see it in all of the, you know, with with the chainsaw that Elon Musk used, you know, over and over again in these last month or so, they can make government basically ineffective, not work by a thousand cuts. And that's what they're doing.

But it's really only the Congress that can abolish the Department of Education. So but what the president can do and what they're doing and you see it in all of the, you know, with with the chainsaw that Elon Musk used, you know, over and over again in these last month or so, they can make government basically ineffective, not work by a thousand cuts. And that's what they're doing.

So if you essentially fire Trump. the entire staff or 80% of the staff of Social Security, and somebody needs to get their Social Security card, they're not going to be able to get it in a timely way. If you fire everybody who's doing Hurricane Watch, you're not going to have Hurricane Watch. If you fire everybody at USAID, the farmers...

So if you essentially fire Trump. the entire staff or 80% of the staff of Social Security, and somebody needs to get their Social Security card, they're not going to be able to get it in a timely way. If you fire everybody who's doing Hurricane Watch, you're not going to have Hurricane Watch. If you fire everybody at USAID, the farmers...

So if you essentially fire Trump. the entire staff or 80% of the staff of Social Security, and somebody needs to get their Social Security card, they're not going to be able to get it in a timely way. If you fire everybody who's doing Hurricane Watch, you're not going to have Hurricane Watch. If you fire everybody at USAID, the farmers...