The Challenge: Nathan Cunneen’s column on lecturers unions’ contributions to declining take a look at scores.
Bravo, Nathan Cunneen. It’s about time somebody begins telling the reality about how corrupt and self-serving the lecturers unions are (“The Unions Didn’t Care,” PostOpinion, Sept. 2)
These disgraces to training shouldn’t be allowed to look at a pet, by no means thoughts train kids.
One factor you probably did pass over is the lecturers. They play the “now we have to observe our union” card, when they’re those who vote their union leaders in. They’re simply as a lot responsible.
We pay their salaries and it’s time they take heed to the dad and mom or pack up their pencil bins and get out. Academics and their unions have failed the youngsters lengthy sufficient.
Storm Destro
Bayonne, NJ
Why is anybody shocked that through the pandemic, scores went down? Faculties needed to shut to guard all, whereas docs and scientists found out what we have been coping with. Distant studying was troublesome, disagreeable and presupposed a dad or mum in the home able to assume educating duties.
I wrote to the chancellors, mayors, and so on., about using the retired instructor power within the metropolis and close by suburbs.
Each volunteer might agree to a couple hours per week and coordinate with grade lecturers about what to assist youngsters with. Work could possibly be executed individually or in small teams, throughout faculty or after faculty. I didn’t hear a piece again.
Dianne Stillman
Brooklyn
Of all the numerous penalties our nation suffered through the pandemic, the harm that was executed to our youngsters’ training was probably the most preventable.
There was no purpose to maintain public faculties closed so long as they have been — and the numerous drop in math and studying scores was only one a part of that harm.
For that, nobody deserves extra blame than Randi Weingarten, the despicable chief of the nation’s largest instructor’s union.
The union used the pandemic as political leverage and bullied the CDC and the feckless Biden administration into doing the union’s bidding.
Robert DiNardo
Farmingdale
The massive shock relating to the outcomes of the most recent Nationwide Evaluation of Instructional Progress checks is that they weren’t even decrease.
It’s not the pandemic responsible, however reasonably the best way it was handled on the nationwide stage by incompetent faculty boards staffed with lecturers extra involved about themselves than their college students. Properly executed, Randi Weingarten.
Joe Schulok
The Bronx
The Challenge: Donald Trump’s remark that he would pardon and apologize to Jan. 6 rioters.
Donald Trump would give “full pardons with an apology” to capitol rioters if elected once more (“Don: I’ll pardon Jan. 6 rioters,” Sept. 2).
This man is deranged. By dismissing violence in opposition to the Capitol Police, he’s saying that anytime you don’t agree together with your fellow residents, it’s OK to assault them and the authorities.
How can anybody with any widespread sense not completely condemn this man? He’s not worthy of anybody’s vote as a result of he’s a stain on our democracy and our nation.
Henry Beyer
Woodmere
When is sufficient sufficient? Trump is favorably a pardon for all Jan. 6 convicted insurrectionists.
Smart up, America. If this man is re-elected, it will likely be an authoritative, unchecked authorities and democracy shall be a reminiscence.
Republicans, Democrats and independents can not enable this to occur. The rule of regulation has to imply one thing for the great of society.
Gary Kleinman
Los Angeles, Calif.
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