WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the last four years, the American Federation of Teachers has taken more than $10 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Now Randi Weingarten announced AFT will no longer accept Gates money… for the union’s Innovation Fund. But that only accounts for half the money AFT has received from Gates. According to Politico, “AFT’s executive council hasn’t formally voted to reject Gates funding for other projects, but Weingarten said she would be very cautious about taking such grants.”

Somehow a headline that reads “AFT Shuns Gates Funding” gives a different impression than one that reads “AFT Will Be Very Cautious the Next Time It Accepts Gates Funding.”

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This is a victory for those who complained that AFT was being compromised by the Gates contributions to the Innovation Fund, but it’s a victory with a price tag. Weingarten said the union will push for a dues increase to offset some of the lost funding. It should give teachers a sense of empowerment to know their money is being used to compensate for the Gates shortfall.

Authored by Mike Antonucci – EIAonline