American Federation of Teachers (AFT)

Education Reform
There Is Hope for Education
Expanding school choice, scrutiny of curriculum containing critical race theory, parental rights legislation, academic transparency laws, banning sexually explicit books from school libraries and classrooms—Randi Weingarten, president of the American…
by Kali Fontanilla on May 9, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Teaching in Compton
Teachers unions are pushing to lower the academic and behavioral standards of America’s public school students, especially for minority children. Yet there is no need for these lax policies, as…
by Kali Fontanilla on May 8, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Behavior Standards
In July 2022, the National Education Association, America’s most prominent teacher’s union, issued a statement that among other things promoted “restorative justice” and the “elimination of inequities in student discipline…
by Kali Fontanilla on May 8, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Academic Standards
A similar disposition of low academic standards has become popular among left-wing progressive circles today and is promoted by teachers unions. Standardized tests are just one example, but a key…
by Kali Fontanilla on May 8, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers Unions and the Lowering of Standards: Black Education Success Stories
The opposite view from that of the teachers unions is that these students need structure, discipline, and order. The success stories are often very similar: The school has a majority…
by Kali Fontanilla on May 8, 2023

Featured Items
Capital Research, March/April 2023
In the March/April 2023 issue of Capital Research, teachers unions push lower standards in public schools. Corporate media degenerates into a de facto Ministry of Truth. Labor builds ever-stronger ties…
by CRC Staff on May 4, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #267: Weingarten Will Not Be Apologizing
This week, three years after the COVID pandemic lockdowns began, American Federation of Teachers union president Randi Weingarten, who many feel was the public face of extended school lockdowns, testified…
by Sarah Lee, Parker Thayer, Michael Watson on April 28, 2023

Organization Trends
The Policies of Gun Control Advocacy
Not every form of gun control is politically controversial or constitutionally problematic. Laws preventing children or violent felons from acquiring guns attract precious few critics. The debate turns on more…
by Robert Stilson on April 19, 2023

Organization Trends
NewsGuard: AFT’s Shiny New Indoctrination Tool
Imagine every article that public school students see being “fact-checked” by a radical leftist organization. That’s the future that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second largest teachers union…
by Kali Fontanilla on April 14, 2023

Education Reform
The Crisis of Exploitation in the Classroom: The Past Is Prologue
Education is the secret to happiness, comfort, and prosperity. Ignorance is the bedfellow of misery, poverty, and hardship. But education is missing in too many communities. Why? A combination of…
by Armstrong Williams on February 23, 2023