Biden Education Secretary Says Teachers Know Best for “Their” Kids
The comments were met with swift backlash from parental rights advocates
Secretary of Education to President Joe Biden received swift backlash last week after stating that teachers know best for “their” kids in the midst of a heated national battle over parental rights and ideology in the classroom.
"Teachers know what is best for their kids because they are with them every day. We must trust teachers," Sec. Miguel Cardona wrote on Twitter on Friday, as The Blaze reported.
His predecessor Betsy DeVos, who served as Education Secretary under President Donald Trump, replied simply, “You misspelled parents.”
Parental rights will no doubt be a top issue in the upcoming 2024 presidential primaries, and contenders Nikki Haley and Sec. Tim Scott took the opportunity to highlight their support for parents.
Haley, a former South Carolina governor who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under Trump, told Cardona she’d “fixed” his tweet, writing: “Parents know what is best for their kids because they raise them every day. We must trust parents.”
Scott, for his part, replied simply, “Whose kids?”
The Biden administration has championed plans to integrate radical LGBT ideology into public school curricula and policies, vocally and adamantly opposing moves from Republican counterparts to shield children from discussions on transgender ideology and defend the rights of parents to know what goes on between school staff and their children.
A number of parents have raised concerns about teachers and school staffers accommodating a child’s decision to identify as a member of the opposite sex without informing parents, something which some states even allow schools to do.