For Immediate Release
March 28, 2017
Contact: Janet Bass
March 28, 2017
Contact: Janet Bass
202-879-4554
www.aft.org AFT’s Weingarten on DeVos and Ivanka Trump's Visit to Space Museum; President Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut Funding for NASA’s Education Programs
“This
takes chutzpah to a new level.”
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WASHINGTON—Statement by American Federation of Teachers
President Randi Weingarten on Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and First
Daughter Ivanka Trump’s visit to the National Air and Space Museum to promote
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers; meanwhile President
Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget would eliminate funding for NASA’s
education programs:
“Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Ivanka Trump are
feigning an interest in STEM careers with a photo op at the National Air and
Space Museum while eliminating all funding for NASA’s education programs.
This takes chutzpah to a new level. If this administration was genuinely
interested in promoting STEM programs, it would walk the walk, not just talk
the talk. The next generation of astronauts, scientists, engineers and
mathematicians need support, not budget cuts eliminating the very programs
being promoted.”
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