Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-08 14:28:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 86D90800B3B50709B948839576BB3B59212E7B370178D7D92299B599D5BD3CED
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Weingarten is misrepresenting her prior positions. She called attempts to reopen schools in the fall of 2020 "Reckless, callous, cruel" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/17/trump-teachers-reopening-schools-coronavirus-randi-weingarten Her union pushed aggressively at the local level https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/how-teachers-unions-are-influencing-decisions-on-school-reopenings/2020/12 Areas with high union influence remained closed much longer https://www.returntolearntracker.net/instructional_status/
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