Don't Be Fooled By This Email

Dear R.,
BREAKING NEWS: AFT president Randi Weingarten was among a group of protesters arrested in Philadelphia this evening for engaging in civil disobedience to protest the city’s proposed public school closures.


Mayor Nutter and the School Reform Commission want to close 29 of the city’s public schools, a reckless strategy that won’t help kids and won’t save money. These harmful closures will only destabilize neighborhoods and destroy schools. Local teachers, parents and community members are standing together to demand a moratorium on harmful closures.

DON'T BE FOOLED! WEINGARTEN WAS NEVER ARRESTED IT WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT. BOTH THE AFT AND THE NEA ARE TRYING TO LOOK LIKE THEIR DOING SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE IN ADVANCE OF THE DEVESTATION TO COME.

NEITHER IS DOING ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE.

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