Teachers’ Union leaders are divided into Scotts, who arbitrates on school LGBTQ books
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The boss of America’s largest teacher union appears to have taken the opposition recently. supreme court While he ruled over LGBTQ books at schools, saying “the expertise of trained education professionals” should have been postponed, the other said “parents need to have a say.”
On Friday, the judge decided 6-3 inches. Mahmoudv. Taylor If the parent feels material conflict with religious faith, they can pick their children out of lessons in the Maryland public school system, which includes topics on homosexuality and transgenderism.
“If the book is censored and the educator is silent, students pay the price,” says Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association. I said Reacting to Bluesky’s decision.
“Today, Mahmoudv. In Taylor’s ruling, the Supreme Court failed students. They discounted and ignored the expertise of trained education professionals, and injured them in the process,” she added. “It’s embarrassing.”
The boss of America’s largest teacher union appears to have taken the opposition in a recent Supreme Court ruling that saw parents trying to protect their children from school LGBTQ books.
National education The association is the largest teachers’ union in the country and serves over 3 million members.
However, Randy Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said on Friday that parents and family should be respected.
“We must respect every child and every family. Bad facts make bad laws. Mahmoud should have been resolved at a local level. “Parents need to have a say in their children. They are education partners.”
April 22, 2025, Mahmoudv in Washington, DC. Children are holding signs as people have been shown outside the U.S. Supreme Court who support the right to opt out of classes that contain LGBTQ-related content, as the courts discuss verbally in Taylor case. (Getty Images)
Supreme Court hearing cases relating to LGBTQ-themed storybooks and parents’ rights to opt out
Weingarten shared similar feelings.”story“When the Supreme Court heard oral debate about the case in April.
“This must happen at the local level, not at the Supreme Court,” Weingarten said, noting that books that contain LGBTQ content are not something she would read to children.
The two teacher union bosses usually line up with political views, supporting both vice presidents. Kamala Harris In the 2024 election.
(The union of parents, school boards and teachers is fighting over which books are appropriate at school.)
In the past, Weingarten pushed back the book assignments from his parents. 2023, Weingarten has launched a hotline It is called “Freedom to Teach and Learning” to report examples of book bans and curriculum challenges.
Weingarten, the leader of the 1.7 million union, allegedly “Maga lawmakers used the culture war to divide the communities and other schemes that emit resources from public education.”
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