Ever-present busybody Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and a longtime advocate of government intervention, is very much in favor of community schools.
State-run community schools weaken families by assuming roles traditionally held by parents.
The idea of so-called community schools dates back to the early 20th-century Progressive Era. This plan turns schools into one-stop shops for families and is accompanied by so-called wraparound services staffed by—typically unionized—government workers. It blurs the lines between parents and the state, thereby undermining the sanctity of the parent-child bond.