School is starting up once again, which means teachers unions are doubling down offensively. Of course, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten has never let off the offense when it comes to being a partisan political operative.

Weingarten was made infamous by the promotion of draconian COVID policies and shamelessly using children to achieve her own monetary goals. Because of her shameless fearmongering and thuggish union boss tactics, she succeeded in coercing the Biden administration to genuflect to her will. As a result, schools were closed far longer than was necessary, and the learning loss was profound.

Teachers unions are not to be confused with the teachers or schools themselves. These unions, particularly the AFT, are political bodies whose sole purpose is to promote leftism in our public schools.

If this needed to be made any clearer, Weingarten’s recent keynote speech at the AFT TEACH Conference in Washington, DC, is a perfect example. Weingarten bemoaned the shrinking of the Department of Education and characterized the Big Beautiful Bill as follows:

This is what Trump thinks is beautiful:

• Taking food from children in need.
  
• Ripping healthcare away from millions of Americans.
  
• Eliminating good jobs in clean energy and manufacturing.
  
• Defunding public education and making it harder for low-income students to afford college.
  
• Making Americans sicker, hungrier and poorer.
  
• Adding trillions to the deficit.
  

And for what? Tax cuts for the very, very rich. Trump delivered all right — just not for working folks. Do wealthy people need more tax breaks? How about a working-class tax cut instead?

She went on to pout, among other things, that teachers aren’t allowed to teach history and that Trump and his allies are pro-school choice.

However, Weingarten’s most startling announcement was buried in the middle of the speech, where she stated, “And we are partnering with the World Economic Forum to create a curriculum that will lead to good jobs and solid careers in U.S. manufacturing.”

The World Economic Forum? That eat-the-bugs and “you will own nothing and be happy” group of globalist elites? Yes. That one.

Weingarten’s endeavor to have the WEF help the teachers union construct a curriculum is a socialist pipe dream come true. The WEF gets to pour collectivism into the minds of our children while the American ideal of freedom gets thrown out the window. Not only should this be concerning at a fundamental level, but it’s concerning at a foreign policy level as well. The World Economic Forum does not have America’s best interests at heart.

Weingarten has veered out of her lane once again. Her job is to advocate for teachers, not force a radical left-wing agenda down the throats of our children. It underscores the even bigger question: Should the teachers unions have any say in the shaping of our kids’ minds? The answer should be a resounding “No.” The unions don’t represent the students; they represent only those teachers who align with them ideologically. The rest are represented in name only.

Dismantling the Department of Education is a big step toward breaking up the stranglehold the teachers unions have on education. School choice does the same thing as well: putting the power back in the hands of parents.