American teachers' union rejects academic boycott

In a refreshing sign of the times, the American Federation of Teachers (which represents teaching professionals from elementary school to university and everything in between) rejected calls for an academic boycott:

"We believe academic boycotts were a bad idea in 2002 and are a bad idea now," AFT President Randi Weingarten said in a statement released Wednesday afternoon. "Academic boycotts are inconsistent with the democratic values of academic freedom and free expression."

Thank you, Randi.

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