WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Randi Weingarten’s unserious lecture

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, took to the podium at the National Press Club earlier today to deliver a stern lecture on the current state of public education and to issue dire warnings about threats to our nation, our values, and our civic ideals. The address was billed as a defense of public education, but Weingarten failed to acknowledge in any meaningful way why trust is in decline or to acknowledge her…