American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is at it again.  

At a recent “No Kings” rally, Weingarten’s speech repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump. This week, her teachers’ union, along with several other progressive groups, rolled out a new activist toolkit to urge schools to not cooperate with ICE.

American parents should be furious. Educational deficiencies, especially in Maine, are bordering on a national crisis despite excessive federal funding.

MAJOR TEACHERS UNION FUNDS GROUP PLANNING TO STAGE ANTI-ICE PROTESTS AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Rather than addressing the escalating problem, however, Weingarten’s AFT is weaponizing American education with partisan political agendas that disproportionately harm low-income students. 

In recent years, U.S. educational spending has increased nearly 36% while student performance has plummeted nationwide. This national trend is mirrored in Maine, where the state now spends about 19% more per student than it did in 2018. Even so, Maine student outcomes “appear to have declined precipitously during the current decade.”

Just last year, the National Assessment of Educational Progress’s annual “Nation’s Report Card” revealed that despite skyrocketing federal spending, high school seniors are heading to........

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