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America’s Teachers Can’t Afford to Teach

America’s Teachers Can’t Afford to Teach

Teachers’ paychecks have never fully reflected their passion or professionalism, but as America’s cost-of-living crisis persists, educators...

11.06.2026 4

Time

Randi Weingarten

Teachers union chief: Melania Trump’s robot reveals what this administration really thinks of children

The first lady's AI rollout wasn't about innovation. It was a window into an education agenda built on privatization, profit, and devaluation of...

06.05.2026 4

Fortune

Randi Weingarten

We Forced the Trump Admin to Follow the Law on Student Debt Relief | Opinion

12.12.2025 10

Newsweek

Randi Weingarten

WEINGARTEN, COFFEY: In Appalachia, one school district is proving public education still works

New Lexington public schools in rural Ohio achieve 99% graduation rate through career and technical education programs that transform students and...

10.10.2025 10

Fox News

Randi Weingarten

What’s Really Behind the Right-Wing Attack on Public School Teachers

16.09.2025 10

New Republic

Randi Weingarten

Not All Students Go to College. We Need to Make That OK.

We don’t need to revive the old shop class, but we do need to bolster funding for career and technical education.

07.05.2025 20

The New York Times

Randi Weingarten

RANDI WEINGARTEN: Trump's decision to gut the Education Department is not only illegal, it's wrong

It is hard to imagine how 7.5 million kids with disabilities, 26 million kids from low-income families or 13 million young people who get financial...

14.04.2025 10

Fox News

Randi Weingarten