Readers sometimes say we’re partisan when we point out that Democratic politicians these days take political dictation from teachers unions. Well, we are about to get a market test.
On Tuesday the heads of the nation’s two largest teachers unions delivered their marching orders to the country’s 24 Democratic Governors: Don’t opt into the new federal tax-credit scholarship program, or suffer their political wrath.
“We urge you to protect families and public education in your state by saying no to the Trump private school voucher scheme,” write Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers and Rebecca Pringle of the National Education Association.
“Endorsing this voucher program would disregard both the Democratic National Committee platform and the wishes of voters,” they add in their “Open Letter to our Democratic Governors.” That “our” is a nice political touch, suggesting the union bosses know who owns whom in this relationship.