The more bitterness and resentment about public schools the group can generate, the easier it will be to privatize education a long-standing goal for its deep-pocketed backers.
request indicates a bit of close coordination between the aft, the american federation of teachers, the nea, the national education association and the cdc to keep schools shuttered much longer than many health experts deem necessary. and i m going to quote a gop congresswoman. the effect on children has been vast and to have no remorse on closing schools and keeping them closed for the length of time is unconscionable. according to iowa s marionette miller make she is a congresswoman and also a medical doctor and a former director of the iowa department of public health. for the record the american journal of pediatrics as children pose very little risk of transmission of covid and that appears to be the case and anschools were closed for an awfully long time. we have said that again and again. let s get reaction to the hearing from the author of the book, woke army, it s always great to have you on.
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welcome to way too early . 5:31 on the east coast. that was president joe biden yesterday calling on congress to take action to pass meaningful new restrictions on guns his statement that most americans support an assault-weapons ban is backed by polls. in a polling taken before monday s shooting in nashville, 58% of 18 to 29-year-olds said they were in favor of banning assault weapons 29% against the idea. overall 63% of young americans expressed support for stricter gun laws while 13% thought the law should be less strict. the numbers were essentially unchanged from a 2018 poll in the aftermath of the parkland shooting in florida. joining us now president of the american federation of teachers, randi weingarten. thank you for joining us this morning. from the discussions you had
the other america and desantis does this all the time, is widening the gap. they want the division. they defund schools, desantis just defunded schools by $4 billion this week. what do you think that s going to do in terms of school security? so that s what i talked about. that book banning, that dividing, that defunding versus what we really need to do to address the learning loss and the mental health crisis. such an important conversation. thank you for sharing that with us this morning. president of the american federation of teachers, randi weingarten thank you for being with us. we ll get the latest in business news from clinton campaig d. we ll get the latest in business news from cnbc. we ll get to what could drive the trading day next. what coul the trading day next