UFT accused of hypocrisy after national union boss Randi Weingarten’s charter school gets NYC spaceBy Carl Campanile
April 23, 2023
Give ’em an A — in hypocrisy.
The Big Apple’s powerful teachers union is being accused of having double standards when it comes to co-locating charter schools in New York City buildings.
The United Federation of Teachers has waged a fierce campaign to block charters from sharing space with public school sites — but not when it comes to one co-founded by the union’s national boss, Randi Weingarten.
University Prep Middle School — a charter co-founded by Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers and former head of its local affiliate UFT — was granted more space in a city building last week.
The city’s Panel For Educational Policy — at the recommendation of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration — voted 22–0 to allow the charter to expand in the South Bronx building it shares with the Rapport School for Career Development HS, which serves special needs students, and the Academy Leadership Charter School.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/04/23/uft-opposes-charter-schools-except-for-boss-randi-weingartens/
