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" You can't be against bullying without actually doing something about it. "
Randi Weingarten
You
Without
Doing
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" Teachers need time to engage with colleagues - whether shadowing, mentoring, co-teaching or conferring. They need a voice in school decisions and to be trusted as professionals. "
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Decisions
" A rich, robust, well-resourced public education is one of the best routes out of poverty and a pathway to prosperity. "
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Education
Best
Rich
" Ensuring that we help prepare all kids for life, college, and work in our knowledge-based economy will require a collaborative, sustained effort from all stakeholders - from the president and the secretary of education on down to states, school districts, principals, teachers, parents, and community members. "
Randi Weingarten
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" Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards. "
Randi Weingarten
Teach
Teachers
Need
" For working people and union members, Labor Day stands for something special and profound. It's a day to honor the deep commitment each of us has to serve the children we teach, the families we heal, and the communities we love. "
Randi Weingarten
Commitment
Day
Love
" A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred. "
Randi Weingarten
Education
Fear
Knowledge
" Learning should be engaging. Testing should not be the be all and end all. All students should have a broad curriculum that includes the arts and enrichment. Students should have opportunities to work in teams and engage in project-based learning. And student and family well-being should be front and center. "
Randi Weingarten
Learning
Work
Family
" For me, the labor movement and public education are linked as the essential building blocks to a strong middle class and a path to the American dream. It's why I went to Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an undergrad and then to law school. "
Randi Weingarten
Education
Path
American Dream
" Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism. "
Randi Weingarten
Political
Process
School
" The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all. "
Randi Weingarten
Privilege
Innocence
Walking
" I remember the first day of school my first year in the classroom. My stomach churned with a mixture of excitement and anxiety. Could I do the job? Could I connect with the kids? Will there be the chemistry to build relationships and get the job done, or will I totally flop? "
Randi Weingarten
School
Anxiety
Day
" There are essential elements for our public schools to fully develop the potential of both students and educators. They should be centers of community, where students, families and educators work together to support student success. They should foster collaboration. "
Randi Weingarten
Success
Community
Work
" Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why. "
Randi Weingarten
Need
Knowledge
Time
" I've worked in public education for 30 years - as a teacher, a lawyer and union leader. I've visited hundreds of schools and districts. I've seen leaders from the classroom to the national stage who have been willing to set aside their differences and do the hard work that's necessary to create real, enduring change. "
Randi Weingarten
Hard Work
Work
Education
" Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession. "
Randi Weingarten
Bad
Teachers
People
" Good tests can help teachers determine how their students are performing and identify the areas in which their students need assistance. Like an X-ray, however, tests can diagnose, but they cannot cure. "
Randi Weingarten
Good
Teachers
Help
" I loved teaching social studies. And I loved starting each year by teaching about John Locke and the social contract. That lesson helped me teach not just about our rules for the classroom, but how, in our democracy, we give up some individual rights to ensure we collectively have the right to live and prosper in a society. "
Randi Weingarten
Society
Live
Loved
" Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn't measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student. "
Randi Weingarten
Education
Great
Perseverance
" When police or security personnel work in schools, they should follow the community policing model that integrates officers into school life, not just involve them when trouble arises. "
Randi Weingarten
Police
Community
Life
" Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility. "
Randi Weingarten
Responsibility
Chance
Children
" Teaching is a profession in which capacity building should occur at every stage of the career - novices working with accomplished colleagues, skillful teachers sharing their craft, and opportunities for teacher leadership. "
Randi Weingarten
Leadership
Teacher
Career
" There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities. "
Randi Weingarten
Gun
Safety
Support
" My sister and I had resolved never to become teachers because the job seemed to demand so much. My mother always seemed to be working. Our dining room table was cluttered with papers waiting to be read and graded. "
Randi Weingarten
Job
Mother
Sister
" The public education landscape is enriched by having many options - neighborhood public schools, magnet schools, community schools, schools that focus on career and technical education, and even charter schools. "
Randi Weingarten
Education
Landscape
Community