Ryan Walters

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Teacher, Dad to 4, CEO of Teacher Freedom Alliance . Former Oklahoma State Superintendent and Secretary of Education. Personal account

Randi Weingarten Is the Real Threat to Public Education 06/05/2026

Much of AFT dues do not go to the classroom but instead get funneled into the political operation Weingarten has built on top of the profession.

The scandal hiding in plain sight.

My op ed in Townhall.com

Randi Weingarten Is the Real Threat to Public Education Exposing Randi Weingarten's misuse of union dues and its impact on public education quality.

06/04/2026

๐‘๐˜๐€๐ ๐–๐€๐‹๐“๐„๐‘๐’: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐„๐‘๐’ ๐”๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐‹๐˜๐ˆ๐๐† ๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐„๐˜ ๐†๐Ž๐„๐’, ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐Ž ๐ˆ๐๐•๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐†๐€๐“๐„

Former Oklahoma Education Secretary Ryan Walters, now CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, on camera this weekend: โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.โ€

On the receipts: โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต-๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ.โ€

On the prescription: Walters is sending teachers to ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ to leave the union and to ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐จ๐ฆ.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ for legal support afterward. โ€œ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด.โ€

On Californiaโ€™s newest move: the state ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ ๐”๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ฒ๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ. Walters: โ€œ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.โ€

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ.

06/03/2026

Not one word about test scores. Not one word about reading instruction. Not one word about actually improving schools. That is Randi Weingarten. That is the teachers union.

They are not a union. They are a money laundering scheme for the Democrat Party and they are not hiding it. Play the tape. They will tell you exactly who they are.

Teachers Unions Turn Schools Into Leftist Activist 'Pipeline,' Report Says 06/03/2026

https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/03/teachers-schools-activist-pipeline-kindergarten/

Teachers Unions Turn Schools Into Leftist Activist 'Pipeline,' Report Says Teachers unions and education associations have helped turn schools into pipelines for leftist activists as early as Kindergarten, parent advocacy group says.

How Teachersโ€™ Unions Became Political Big Spenders 05/18/2026

https://www.thefp.com/p/how-teachers-unions-became-political?taid=6a0add58b9128400018ed39c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

How Teachersโ€™ Unions Became Political Big Spenders A new report claims teachersโ€™ unions are operating more like Democratic funding machines than groups advocating for their members.

05/17/2026

The NEA (3 million members) and AFT (1.6 million members) have been actively promoting the SPLC education program for yearsโ€”lending it credibility and a direct pipeline into classrooms.

Meanwhile both union presidents rushed to defend the SPLC after its federal fraud indictment.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/12/how-did-splc-get-its-radical-ideas-into-169-school-districts/

Trump restores Presidential Fitness Test, echoes administrationโ€™s โ€˜MAHAโ€™ push | Fox News Video 05/06/2026

Trump restores Presidential Fitness Test, echoes administrationโ€™s โ€˜MAHAโ€™ push | Fox News Video โ€˜Fox News @ Nightโ€™ panelists discuss President Donald Trumpโ€™s move to restore the Presidential Fitness Test, which was phased out during the Obama administration.

05/06/2026

Lets get back to the basics in education. and I make the case on

05/05/2026
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