Whats striking about LAUSD union bosss fears caught on tape

Oops.A honcho with the LA teachers union (UTLA) is saying the quiet part out loud. As the California Post reported: Julie Van Winkle, UTLA AFT vice president and AFT 1021 president, was caught on camera addressing the Nov.

3 election for state schools chief.She urged supporters to help turn out votes for the UTLA-endorsed longtime union lackey, Richard Barrera.And she called his opponent, Sonja Shaw, a “real threat” and “obviously a huge problem for us.” The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.Please provide a valid email.

By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Well, yes.That’s the takeaway for voters in this race: Shaw won’t take direction from the union bosses.

Barrera will.This, in a district plagued by poor student-learning outcomes, routine labor strife and years of financial mismanagement.The record cries out for reform — not more of the same failure.It’s true that Shaw, who’s shown guts standing up for girls and parents as president of the Chino Valley Unified school board, would be a disruptor by her presence alone.But only because her common-sense platform shows how far the state’s schools have run off the rails.Shaw stands for restoring academic rigor.(Why do schools exist again?)She stands for protecting parents’ right to know what’s happening with their kids in school.

(Recall how educators for years blamed poor learning on uninvolved parents; now that schools are teaching gender ideology, parents are supposed to butt out.) And she stands for protecting girls, their sports and their locker rooms from biological boys (a universal no-brainer not so long ago).Shaw would, in effect, push to replace the adults’ ideological indulgences with kid-centered rigor in the basics: reading, writing and math. The union’s afraid she’s onto something.While adults are busy authorizing strikes — as LA teach...