Randi Weingarten's latest bogus claim gaslights all of us
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Teachers union boss desperately wants parents to believe teachers unions help kids. Don’t fall for this gaslighting.
Michael Hartney is a fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, an assistant professor of political science at Boston College, and an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is the author of "How Policies Make Interest Groups: Governments, Unions, and American Education."
Her evidence? She cites a grand total of two academic studies on the topic. This is disingenuous at best and a lie of omission at worst.
Let us offer up an analogy. Weingarten’s argument is akin to saying that Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin are lifesavers in the battle against COVID-19. Sure, one could find a supportive study here or there, but that doesn’t tell us whether most high-quality studies show that. They don’t. And neither does most of the research show that unions raise student achievement.