A Back-to-School Season Like No Other

Union Talk by Randi Weingarten

Aug 28, 202538:27Education

AFT President Randi Weingarten talks to educators about their aspirations and anxieties as they enter a new school year. This is a back-to-school period like no other, fueled by anxieties over historic federal cuts, raid...

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