Randi Weingarten , president of the American Federation of Teachers, is visiting Miami on Tuesday as part of her nationwide tour for her new book, the New York Times Best Seller, " Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy ."

The book tour event will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, 3010 De Soto Boulevard, Coral Gables.

The visit comes as Weingarten argues that “the threat to public education is at a crisis point.” Her book directly confronts what she describes as a “large-scale, coordinated effort to dismantle it [public education] has been well underway” — an effort she says has been “fueled by the Trump administration.”

In her book, Weingarten connects historical movements to undermine edu

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