Elizabeth Warren, Who Said 'America Is Failing Its Teachers,' Running for President

Education Week reports:

In 2016, Warren opposed a Massachusetts ballot initiative that would have raised the cap on the number of charter schools in the state. The amendment, which the state's teachers' unions also campaigned against, ultimately went down to defeat. But she has praised some Massachusetts charters.

Back in July, Warren spoke to the American Federation for Teachers convention in Pittsburgh, saying "America is failing our teachers, and when we fail our teachers, we fail our students and we fail our future." She expressed strong support for unions, which suffered a blow from the Supreme Court in Janus vs. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. The ruling banned unions from collecting fees from nonmembers who benefit from collective-bargaining agreements.

And, in a 2003 book The Two-Income Trap, Warren and her co-author, Amelia Warren Tyagi, call for a publicly funded voucher system that would enable children to attend any public school. They say the plan would help middle-income families, who would no longer be forced to pay a premium to buy a home in a desirable school district, as well as low-income parents. It's not clear if Warren, who has decried private school vouchers, still stands by this idea.

She's also introduced bills to ensure that career and technical education classes and materials are free for high school students, and signed onto a bill authored by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., that would give grants to districts to improve socioeconomic and racial integration.

Imagine that.