AFT's Weingarten on DeVos' '60 Minutes' Interview, Trump's School Safety Proposals
March 12, 2018
March 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following statement by President Randi Weingarten on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' '60 Minutes' interview and President Trump's school safety proposals:
"The White House proposal to harden schools and to arm teachers is straight out of the NRA playbook. It is antithetical to the needs of children and ignores the purposes of public education. The administration made a choice to listen to the NRA and gun ma . . .
"The White House proposal to harden schools and to arm teachers is straight out of the NRA playbook. It is antithetical to the needs of children and ignores the purposes of public education. The administration made a choice to listen to the NRA and gun ma . . .