Public school teachers worry for their profession under a Trump presidency The president-elect has c
And another area of grave concern now that we have Trump in charge.
Casey Quinlan
Education reporter at Think Progress.
17 hrs ago
Public school teachers worry for their profession under a Trump presidency
The president-elect has called teachers “stupid.”
https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-past-remarks-alarm-educators-faa4b14ebbfe#.d19g21wcq
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...................He also wrote in The Art of The Deal that he once hit his music teacher for “not knowing anything about music.” In his 2000 book, The America We Deserve, he suggested that teachers unions are harmful to the public education system. He wrote:
Defenders of the status quo insist that parental choice means the end of public schools. Let’s look at the facts. Right now, nine of ten children attend public schools. … When teachers’ unions say even the most minuscule program allowing school choice is a mortal threat, they’re saying: If we aren’t allowed to keep 90% of the market, we can’t survive.
His son Donald Trump, Jr. echoed his father’s comments last summer and said Democrats care more about saving teachers’ jobs than they do about providing students a good education. During a a 2013 appearance on the radio show Opie and Anthony, Trump, Jr. also suggested that teaching kindergarten was a job for women who weren’t tough enough to deal with sexual harassment in other workplaces.
“If you can’t handle some of the basic stuff that’s become a problem in the workforce today, then you don’t belong in the workforce. Like, you should go maybe teach kindergarten,” Trump, Jr. said.............................
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