Teachers union chief criticizes Trump administration's teacher robot rollout as revealing a profit-driven agenda that dehumanizes education

The first lady unveiled a teacher robot with language focused on gross domestic product growth and tech billionaire profits, but made no mention of student learning, trust between students and teachers, or the complex human judgment educators use daily.

A private school model in Brownsville, Texas (Alpha Schools) that replaced face-to-face teaching with screens and software staffed by "guides" without required education backgrounds resulted in third graders unable to hold a pencil, unable to read beyond individual words, and experiencing anxiety-related self-harm; when one 8-year-old returned to public school, he was reading at a kindergarten level.

The teachers union argues the administration treats education as both a revenue opportunity and a threat to contain, with an agenda to weaken public education, turn it into a revenue stream for billionaires, promote private-school voucher schemes, and dismantle the Department of Education.