There’s no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
Teachers need time to engage with colleagues – whether shadowing, mentoring, co-teaching or conferring. They need a voice in school decisions and to be trusted as professionals. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
I’ve worked in public education for 30 years – as a teacher, a lawyer and union leader. I’ve visited hundreds of schools and districts. I’ve seen leaders from the classroom to the national stage who have been willing to set aside their differences and do the hard work that’s necessary to create real, enduring change. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
My sister and I had resolved never to become teachers because the job seemed to demand so much. My mother always seemed to be working. Our dining room table was cluttered with papers waiting to be read and graded. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children’s public education from the beginning – not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
We have guidance counselors that have caseloads of 500 to 600 children. We don’t have enough to help the children. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
The public education landscape is enriched by having many options – neighborhood public schools, magnet schools, community schools, schools that focus on career and technical education, and even charter schools. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn’t measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can’t support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities. Randi Weingarten Read Quote
