Savvy Americans well remember the immortal words of then-President Bill Clinton, squirming to avoid responsibility for an illicit Oval Office affair. Grand jury investigators asked the president if he “is having an affair” with a woman, and Clinton infamously replied, well, that all depends on “what the meaning of ‘is’ is.”
Successors of Clinton — Harris, Walz and teacher union leaders — are well applying such obfuscations to education. According to AFT president Randi Weingarten, “It’s such a great day for America that we’re going to have Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on the ticket … for American families.” And piling on with more propaganda, NEA president Becky Pringle said Harris, “has delivered once again for students and educators with this exceptional choice of the ‘education governor.’”
But has Harris delivered for kids, and is Walz the “education governor?” To a “grand jury” of voters, their answer might be, “All depends on what your definition of ‘education’ is.”
Under Walz’s tenure as governor of Minnesota, education spending skyrocketed while student achievement tumbled to all-time lows. Teachers were compelled by law to lie to parents, and a Marxist agenda infiltrated classrooms. Walz enforced strict COVID school closures denying students in-person instruction.
Union-supported, dangerous anti-discipline........