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July 16, 2008
Janet Bass
202/879-4554
jbass@aft.org
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,
Reacting to McCain’s Education Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C.–After 26 years in Congress, it took a presidential campaign for Sen. John McCain to wade into the education debate, but his ideas are the same old failed quick fixes. McCain’s plan repeats schemes like vouchers that haven’t helped eliminate the achievement gap. We must keep the focus on improving neighborhood public schools—attended by 90 percent of our children. I believe, as does Sen. Barack Obama, that we need a bold, new vision with reforms that strengthen our public schools.
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The AFT represents more than 1.4 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.
