David DeMatthews
@DrDeMatt
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Former public school teacher and district/campus administrator. Professor. Advocate for public schools, principals, teachers, students, and families.
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Districts are in an untenable position b/c state leaders failed to adequately fund public ed w/ a huge budget surplus despite inflation & yrs of rising cost of living in TX communities. Schools in low-income communities will likely take the biggest hit. That's failed leadership.
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Vouchers aren't driven by evidence but by billionaires funneling millions into state elections. Texas's independence is being sold by opportunistic politicians swapping a proven loser of a policy (ineffective, inefficient, & discriminatory) for power. Our kids deserve better.
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Vouchers were 1st proposed in TX in 1956 to stop school integration after the Brown decision. Today, voucher advocates REMAIN COMMITTED TO PUBLICLY-FUNDED DISCRIMINATION. Listen to the shameful response of the voucher bill author to a proposal to add text to prohibit
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I couldn't be more humbled & honored to be promoted to full professor at a place that strives to change the world every day. So grateful to the many people & communities who invested in me, lifted me up, carried me, educated me, and made this possible... from NJ to BMORE, DC, El
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A Master Class on Failed Leadership: With a massive budget surplus at hand, Abbott is holding teacher salaries hostage amid massive inflation in a state that had 50k teachers leave their positions last yr & ranks 41st for school funding. This is not about kids, evidence, or the
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Policymakers saying vouchers improve outcomes for students w/ disabilities is like doctors saying smoking improves a runner's mile time - It's malpractice. Vouchers create a dual, unequal system that leads to discrimination against children w/ disabilities. The focus must be on
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It's DECEITFUL for the voucher bill's author to suggest parity in public & private schools serving students w/ disabilities. He surely knows there are many types of disabilities that differ in nature, severity, & cost. Many private schools only admit students w/ less severe
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I'm very proud & very grateful of the Texans who stood up for public education, & more importantly our state's children. A bi-partisan consensus continues to agree that vouchers have a negative impact on voucher users, promotes discrimination, & should not be funded by Texans.
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Texas has a 33-page proposed voucher bill that doesn't include the word "accountability." Every Texan should be asking: "Why are public schools accountable but not private schools receiving public $?"
@TexasTribune
@HoustonChron
@TexasAFT
@AFTunion
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
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The governor is incapable of leading the state bc he falsely attacks the same public schools he has been in charge of since 2015. Just like he remains incapable of ensuring schools are safe from assault rifles.
@MomsAGAbbott
@TexasAFT
@AFTunion
@pastors4txkids
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The
#Txlege
& state leaders failed to appropriately fund special ed. That's not my opinion, that's a federal court decision. Vouchers deplete an already underfunded system & will harm kids w/ disabilities. Instead, raise special ed teacher salaries & recruit service providers.
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The Texas House voted to ban school vouchers including education savings accounts. That's great news for KIDS b/c vouchers lack accountability, are prone to fraud & failure, discriminate against kids w/ disabilities, & don't raise achievement.
@pastors4txkids
@TexasAFT
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Vouchers don't raise student achievement. They promote discrimination against students w/ disabilities, hurt rural schools & subsidize wealthy families."To put it in Texas terms, vouchers are as worthless as a sidesaddle on a sow."
@pastors4txkids
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
@RYHTexas
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Every Texan should be outraged by the state-appointed
@HoustonISD
sup's decision to eliminate librarians in 28 schools w/ low reading scores serving mostly Black/Latino kids. This is senseless/indefensible/indicative of failed leadership.
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
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School vouchers are a relic of the Jim Crow South, don't increase achievement, & take $ from neighborhood public schools. We say focus on retaining quality teachers, supporting kids w/ disabilities, & school safety.
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@txstatepta
@AASAHQ
@NAACP
@dsknight84
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School vouchers weaken public ed, promote discrimination against kids w/ disabilities, & fail to improve outcomes. What kind of choice is that? See my
@statesman
op-ed on the topic.
@DianeRavitch
@pastors4txkids
@TexasAFT
#TXlege
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The TRUTH is TX families want teacher retention & safe schools - not vouchers. Right-wing extremists push vouchers & donate to politicians to attack public schools. Voucher polls are skewed by these attacks & tricky analyses.
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
@MomsAGAbbott
@pastors4txkids
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I wrote this b/c I've yet to meet a TX parent that believes a few billionaires & their think tanks should dictate how education tax $$ are spent. I don't know why a billionaire cartel wants vouchers, but I can tell you they are pushing a false bill of goods that are unsupported
“Do I want billionaires in Michigan and California or elite think tanks in Austin making decisions about how my child’s education is funded?”
@DrDeMatt
writes.
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Vouchers = Education Malpractice because it has no parental due process, no accountability, removes $ from public schools, & disproportionately harms rural communities. The most recent bill acknowledges this fact.
#Txlege
#
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@txstateteachers
@DianeRavitch
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We elect politicians to serve the public & prioritize the public good - not special interests. WHAT ELSE BUT a flood of voucher supporting special interest $$$ has propelled our governor to prioritize a few billionaires' policy preference over the adequate funding of public
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Why on🌎are policymakers discussing property taxes & vouchers when $33,660 is the min. salary for 1st yr teachers? At 10 yrs exp, the min. pay is $45,630. This willful neglect is an attack on low-income rural communities!
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
@pastors4txkids
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The only reason we're still talking about vouchers in TX is b/c a few out-of-touch billionaires are funneling millions into campaigns of opportunistic politicians who don't know or don't care about the evidence - vouchers are anti-civil rights legislation.
@TexasTribune
@TexasAFT
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The Texas governor "led" through multiple school mass shootings w/o making schools safer, failed to raise teacher pay despite shortages or reign in charter sector fraud. He oversees a state that violated special ed laws & is annually rated as "Needs Improvement" for special
To be clear:
Hugh Shine voted to stop a bill that included $6 billion in funding for public schools & teacher pay raises, more money for school security, and an end to the STAAR test.
Hillary Hickland would have supported that bill.
One of many reasons I support Hillary
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Passing vouchers is as senseless as a surgeon mending a broken leg before stabilizing a patient's breathing. Let's call it LEGISLATIVE MALPRACTICE to pursue an optional policy for a small group of parents before ensuring all 5.5 million students in TX public schools are safe &
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Republicans & Democrats don't have to agree on everything, but we can all agree democracy wasn't for sale in Beaumont, TX tonight. Grateful to see
@DadePhelan
retain his seat after the governor & right-wing billionaires sought to oust him for not pushing private school vouchers -
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TX has the worst state-level public ed leadership in the nation, riddled w/ perpetual scandals/failures: special ed caps, ever-changing dyslexia policies, mass shootings, charter school corruption, no-bid contracts, failed roll outs of testing, public attacks on teachers,
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We say Texas should be investing in public schools, teachers, & school safety - not a failed policy that doesn't raise student achievement but helps wealthy families pay for private school.
@DianeRavitch
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@dsknight84
@EducateTexas
@BetoORourke
@TEPSAtalk
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We need to invest in public ed, teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, & mental health. Not vouchers - a research proven failed policy.
@TexasAFT
@DiegoBernalTX
@DianeRavitch
@TEPSAtalk
@tasanet
@tasbnews
@pastors4txkids
@RYHTexas
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The continued push for vouchers in TX despite decades-long bi-partisan opposition is not about parents, kids, or what works - it's a few billionaires's policy preference & a distraction from real issues: school finance, teacher salaries, school safety, mental health, & a shortage
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The dominant political agenda in TX has become anti-children. There's 0 appetite for vouchers in
#TXlege
so the new strategy is holding public ed funding hostage - that's sad for TX kids & teachers.
@RYHTexas
@MomsAGAbbott
@TexasAFT
@DisRightsTx
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
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School choice is not the way forward for Texas. Proposed voucher legislation transfers taxpayer $$ from our already underfunded public schools to private schools w/o accountability or protections against discrimination based on race, disability, or class. Join me
@UTexasLaw
for a
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TX is engaged in a anti-democratic, ideologically-driven, hostile takeover of
@HoustonISD
. Punitive measures - like swapping out libraries for discipline centers - don't improve schools/kid's lives. This is predictable failure/harm.
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
@nytimes
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QUESTION: Would Texas have 50k teachers exiting their jobs last yr, a 2,400-to-1 school psychologist to student ratio, & guns as the leading cause of child death if our governor supported public education, mental healthcare, & school safety half as much as he supports vouchers?
Announcing the agenda for Special Session
#4
of the 88th Texas Legislature.
Full statement:
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Vouchers have NEGATIVE impacts on achievement in other states. So why transfer public schools $ to unaccountable private schools? Why not pay teachers fairly? This is ideology/politics, not about evidence & helping kids.
@tasanet
@RYHTexas
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
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Do your homework on proposed voucher legislation. Vouchers fail to raise achievement & take $$ out of public schools, which disproportionately hurts rural schools. Instead, let’s focus on teacher pay and retention
#TXlege
@pastors4txkids
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
@jamestalarico
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The origins of vouchers in Texas are racist. It’s born in 1956 to workaround integration. In 2023, vouchers bills follow that legacy promoting taxpayer funded discrimination against kids w/ disabilities.
@DisRightsTx
@AFTunion
@TexasAFT
@rweingarten
@DianeRavitch
@pastors4txkids
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The WRONG question: Is there a teacher shortage? The RIGHT question: Why has our society & politics undervalued the teaching profession? Quality public schools are the bedrock of democracy & engines for social mobility so reforms must invest in (pay/quality) the profession.
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TEA commish said appointed
@HoustonISD
sup Mike Miles has "record of success improving outcomes for TX students." 4th/8th grade NAEP reading scores from his time in Dallas ISD suggest otherwise. What am I missing?
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@brianlopeztx
@HoustonChron
@DianeRavitch
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You don’t need a JD or a PhD to know vouchers are a bad policy, esp for students w/ disabilities. Grateful for the opportunity to join a
@FedSoc
debate at
@UTLaw
. We need more forums like this to debate. Here is a snippet someone shared w/ me
@DisRightsTx
@TexasAFT
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Imagine a legislature holding DEI hearings, but not hearings on a broken foster care system, high rates of teacher turnover & uncertified teachers, school funding inequities, the closing of rural hospitals, or an inability to staff counselors & armed security after Uvalde. We
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Hundreds of Texans submitted testimony on SB8 & were STRIKINGLY CLEAR! Informed Texans don't want vouchers. They know vouchers are ineffective, discriminatory, & costly & WANT WELL-FUNDED SCHOOLS INSTEAD.
#txlege
@TexasAFT
@DisRightsTx
@MomsAGAbbott
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
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So much attention spent on failed policies (vouchers) this session while TX had 50k teachers leave in 2022. Teachers are a school's most valuable resource & our policies aren't keeping them in the classroom, esp where they're needed most.
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@pastors4txkids
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Vouchers are no choice b/c: "No rational Texan wants a choice that doesn't improve outcomes, promotes discrimination against kids w/ disabilities, & takes $$ out of public ed to subsidize private school tuition for the wealthy."
@pastors4txkids
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
#TXLege
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I hope Texans ask: Could we've done better by our kids given our state’s resources? We owe them an honest answer with 20yrs of flat test scores, an inequitable finance system, reckless charter growth, teacher shortages, & illogical voucher proposals.
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
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The original draft of the 2023 voucher bill is a 1956
#TXlege
committee's “parent choice” & "tuition grant plan" (voucher) to keep separate schools after Brown v Board outlawed segregation. SEE FOR YOURSELF!
@DianeRavitch
@TaliRichman
@EricaLG
@AFTunion
@RYHTexas
@pastors4txkids
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Important story in
@dallasnews
on governor's attack on incumbent House Republicans who didn't support vouchers. He can do that, but the fact remains: HE HAS FAILED to support public schools serving 5.4 million TX kids. Voters will remember, esp in rural TX.
#txlege
@MomsAGAbbott
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PUZZLING: TEA thinks they should take over
@HoustonISD
(TX's largest district/200k kids w/ a "B" rating on it's accountability system), but cannot coordinate publishing a takeover announcement before posting takeover job descriptions!
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
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Vouchers are about individual preferences not the public good or for those w/ greatest need. Happy
@pastors4txkids
are fighting for public ed b/c TX can't stop charters from buying luxury condos. Giving private schools $ w/o oversight is predictable fraud.
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Buried in TX SB176 is a clause creating taxpayer-funded discrimination w/o any accountability or fraud protection. We cover these points in detail in our
@dallasnews
op-ed.
#txed
#txlege
@TexasAFT
@RYHTexas
@tasanet
@txcase
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
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If we want to improve special ed in
@HoustonISD
or
@AustinISD
, TEXAS must address the STATEWIDE shortage of school psychologists so districts can hire people to provide needed services. The student-SP ratio in Texas is UNACCEPTABLE: 1-2,338!
#txlege
#txed
@DisRightsTx
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Rejecting vouchers is about as "Texas a thing" as cowboy boots, longhorns, & Friday night lights.
@GregAbbott_TX
has every right to make endorsements based on voucher votes, but just b/c he has that right doesn't mean he should exercise it. Leadership sometimes requires
Proud to endorse 58 Texas House Republicans for re-election in 2024.
I encourage Texans to join me in supporting these strong conservatives so we can deliver school choice for every family in Texas.
Full endorsement list below.
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Public schools are closing b/c of financial constraints due to inflation, security costs, & shrinking enrollment. This was preventable w/ a budget surplus but the governor pushed an externally-funded private school voucher program at the expense of 5.4 mill TX kids in public ed.
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The
@AustinISD
must improve special ed but "It's Shocking" to see TEA appoint a conservator given its past ILLEGAL special ed cap, a perpetual
@usdoegov
"Needs Assistance" rating, & annual special ed teacher shortage.
@TexasAFT
@GinaForAustin
@DisRightsTx
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Texas Education Code, Title 1, Chapt 1 requires equal educational services/opportunities. Vouchers will allow private schools receiving TX tax $ to discriminate against kids w/ disabilities. That isn't equal! That isn't right!
#Txlege
@AFTunion
@TexasAFT
@RYHTexas
@pastors4txkids
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I see a lot of advice from academics lately. The only advice I can give: Success in academia requires healthy relationships & collaboration. So, treat people well, share your time, assume others are doing their best, & take note of those who mistreat/take advantage of others.
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Let me remind you
@DeAngelisCorey
that we have, respect, & abide by something called the Texas Constitution. Since the 1800s, hardworking, honest Texans paid taxes for the support & maintenance of public free schools. Our tax dollars belong in public schools. No such law has ever
the money doesn't belong to the government schools.
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State takeovers don't change the fact that Texas has reported a special education teacher SHORTAGE every yr since 2014-15.
@HoustonISD
@AustinISD
NEED the state/
#txlege
to create conditions that ensure a stable pipeline of teachers/staff necessary to provide high quality special
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You're either for children's health or against it. Masks aren't political, they are life saving.
@CDCgov
now recommends masks in school to protect children. TX policy must change NOW.
@SecCardona
@MikeMorath
@txstatepta
@TexasAFT
@DiegoBernalTX
@RepMaryGonzalez
@pastors4txkids
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I'm launching the TX EDUCATION LEADERSHIP LAB to conduct relevant research to improve TX schools. WE are already studying the TX educator workforce, special ed, and the impact of vouchers. STAY TUNED, CHECK US OUT, & SUPPORT OUR WORK.
@utexascoe
@TexasAFT
@UCEA
@DianeRavitch
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We need a special session to address public school funding. It's irresponsible/harmful for the governor to hold funding for 5.4 million public school kids for his donor's pet private school voucher policy - allowing private schools to reject any kid & not follow federal/state
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Vouchers are dead in TX, again! Grateful to
#Txlege
republican state rep
@KingForTexas
for his leadership in funding public ed & fighting vouchers. Looking forward to future fights to support & fund public ed.
@TexasAFT
@RYHTexas
@pastors4txkids
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
HB 100 was my signature piece of legislation for the 88th Regular Legislative Session. I'm very sad to say that it ultimately did not pass! Below is my statement.
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I am baffled by state leaders thinking the Texas Ed. Agency should takeover
@HoustonISD
(a "B" district) when the same state leaders annually "NEEDS ASSISTANCE" implementing the nation's special education law.
@TexasAFT
@txstateteachers
@AFTunion
@DianeRavitch
@pastors4txkids
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SB 8 (voucher) substitute is A JOKE. Its authors claim to be for students w/ disabilities but place NO RESPONSIBILITY on private schools for following federal law or providing research-based instruction like public schools.
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
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Predictable Failure: TEA commish makes Mike Miles sup of
@HoustonISD
partly to improve special ed, but DISD was NEVER in compliance w/ TEA for special ed while Miles was there. What am I missing?
@TexasAFT
@DisRightsTx
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
@pastors4txkids
@CalltoActivism
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Texas has long been the Wild West for special ed.
@AustinISD
/
@HoustonISD
must improve but failure is largely a product of the state's: old 8.5% cap, insufficient $, teacher/staff shortages, & flawed monitoring/technical assistance.
@TexasAFT
@GinaForAustin
@DisRightsTx
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Great story in the
@startelegram
focused on the racist origin of Texas vouchers & the negative impact they'll have one rural schools. Grateful to share my analysis of proposed bills & policy context.
@TexasAFT
@tasbnews
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
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I love my neighbors & the UNITED STATES so I believe in public schools for all not a DIVIDED STATE w/ a taxpayer funded private system that denies access to students w/ disabilities or those w/o enough $ for tuition.
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
@RYHTexas
The numbers don't lie: a majority of Texans from rural, urban, and suburban communities support school choice.
Parents know what's best for their children's education.
This session, we must put mom and dad back in charge.
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The decision to takeover
@HoustonISD
is already causing staff turnover & serious community outrage/distrust. You don't need a PhD from the School of Common Sense to know this isn't how you improve a district.
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
@pastors4txkids
@houston_tsta
Appointed HISD board of managers just now appears to struggle to maintain order as they vote to make Mike Miles acting superintendent of the district after the state takeover last week
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It's time to stop arguing about learning loss. It's an elite talking point. We should all agree schools/teachers/classrooms positively impact kids & the pandemic took that away. Let's focus on teacher development/retention, curriculum, family engagement, & quality assessments.
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After prior TEA investigations, it was a 2021 internal audit by IDEA Charters that found serious misuse of funds. A special
#Txlege
session on school choice is needed... on charter fraud, embezzlement, & unethical practices.
@MomsAGAbbott
@pastors4txkids
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
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TX schools are no safer 1 yr after 19 kids/2 teachers were murdered by an 18 yr old w/ an assault rifle in Uvalde. State leaders dance the Texas 2-STEP: 1) pretend to care/offer prayers; 2) fail to take action.
@MomsAGAbbott
@TexasAFT
@Everytown
@MomsDemand
@bradybuzz
@sandyhook
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We're at a point in TX (& this country) where a school shooting TODAY wasn't the TOP STORY in the local paper. Have we given up? The top story was a demolished mall. We CANNOT accept violence in schools or the mass proliferation of guns. We need common sense gun reform.
@TexasAFT
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Texas has failed to adequately fund schools in poorer communities. Texas has failed to create a stable pipeline of high-quality teachers. We need to be honest about those failures & we need change!
@dsknight84
@txstatepta
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
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Truly honored to serve as
@UCEA
President-Elect Thanks to all my mentors (K-12/Higher Ed) & to my amazing colleagues
@utexascoe
#EDLP
for supporting & believing in me.
@ProfessorReyes1
@VictorSaenzPhD
@terrancelgreen
@jaycee43public
@RebCallahan
@DrRichReddick
@vlnzl
@c_martinez
Congratulations to our ELP professor David DeMatthews, elected as the President-Elect for UCEA. He will be the President for next year’s UCEA conference (2021)
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What am I missing? Teachers are VITAL to student achievement, 50k TX teachers left their positions last yr, & TEA commish appoints M. Miles to lead
@HoustonISD
despite a record of HIGH teacher turnover????
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
@txstateteachers
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Grateful to
@utexascoe
for recognizing my scholarship. Also grateful to countless colleagues & students who made that work possible AND all the superintendents, principals, teachers, parents, & students who choose to be research participants along the way.
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Why send tax $ to private schools w/ UNLICENSED personnel? TX voucher bill requires private tutors/therapists to hold "a relevant license" to receive voucher $ but lacks same requirement for private school principals/teachers. The state requires this for public schools.🤔
#Txlege
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The Texas Ed Agency has struggled to do it’s job (charter fraud monitoring, special ed violations, teacher recruitment problems) & has NO BUSINESS taking over
@HoustonISD
given progress under a new board & superintendent.
@TexasAFT
@ACLUTx
@DianeRavitch
@EricaLG
@txstateteachers
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Predictable Failure: A commissioner unable to get TX out of NEEDS ASSISTANCE for special ed, w/ no teaching/school/district exp, unable/unwilling to monitor charter fraud or his agency (see SpedEx), picks the founder of a charter network to lead
@HISD
.
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
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We actually have some
#TXlege
policymakers more concerned about "CRT" being taught to ADULTS choosing to go to college than deadly gun policies making it legal for 18yr olds to buy assault rifles to slaughter CHILDREN/teachers.
@AAUP
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
@MomsAGAbbott
@ACLUTx
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TX kids are no safer after
#Uvalde
& legislative session b/c districts can't find enough armed security/police for all 8,900 campuses. Sad, predictable failure given TX's inability to improve gun laws, mental health, & school funding.
@TexasAFT
@MomsAGAbbott
@DianeRavitch
#TXlege
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Families have a right to know if their child was exposed to COVID-19 at school. FULL STOP. If we value personal responsibility in TX, we need to value transparency so families can decide what to do.
@teainfo
@GovAbbott
@TexasAFT
@txstatepta
@txascd
@TEPSAtalk
@pastors4txkids
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ROOT CAUSES of
@HoustonISD
@AustinISD
special ed problems: Past identification cap, special ed teacher shortages, illegal $ cuts, annual
@usdoegov
“NEEDS ASSISTANCE” ratings. Districts must improve but it starts at TEA &
#Txlege
.
@DisRightsTx
@TexasAFT
@txcase
@txstateteachers
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It's common sense if you care about TX children: Equitably fund public schools, pay teachers what they're worth, & avoid vouchers (proven failures taking money out of public ed).
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@DiegoBernalTX
@utexascoe
@DianeRavitch
@dsknight84
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The sad truth is some opportunistic politicians care more about a fabricated DEI problem than funding schools, keeping rural hospitals open, fixing the foster care system, & having a counselor & armed security in every school after Uvalde & Santa Fe. Let's have those hearings
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The best ed policy is investing in public schools & teacher quality not importing failed policies from other states/cities. Research is clear: vouchers don't work. Grateful to talk to Texans about it tonight. Link below
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@tasanet
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We need to do better by TX special ed teachers & kids w/ disabilities. The state has not done enough to support special education. See our editorial on the
@GovAbbott
teacher Taskforce & recommendations.
@TexasAFT
@EdAustin_TX
@pastors4txkids
@DisRightsTx
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A
@fox7austin
segment used my quote to have "both sides" discuss vouchers but there aren't 2 sides to facts. Vouchers don't ⬆️achievement, but they do promote discrimination of kids w/ disabilities, hurt rural schools/take $ from public ed.
@pastors4txkids
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
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Congrats to Dr.
@DianaVNunez
for successfully defending her dissertation on urban principal burnout, which builds on some important work here at
@utexascoe
@ProfessorReyes1
@SylviaRReyna
Lot's of implications for policy and practice
@dallasschools
@tasanet
@HoldsworthCentr
@ucea
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What would you say if voucher legislation sent public $ to private schools w/o having to admit/serve students w/ disabilities? That's LEGISLATING DISCRIMINATION & that's SB176. Read for yourself!
#txlege
@RYHTexas
@pastors4txkids
@DianeRavitch
@tasanet
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Who else has a paper that has been rejected almost everywhere but you think is fantastic?
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Two TEA-created charts suggesting a POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED TAKEOVER of
@HoustonISD
. (1)"B" rated Houston made big improvements from 2019-2022. (2) 42 districts rated "F" or "D" in 2022 but not taken over.
#txlege
#txed
@TexasAFT
@DianeRavitch
@pastors4txkids
@txstateteachers
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Texas doesn't need vouchers esp during a pandemic, teacher shortage, & w/ unfixed safety concerns. We need to invest in public schools, not divest & create a more inefficient & inequitable system
@TexasAFT
@pastors4txkids
@EducateTexas
@dsknight84
@txascd
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@Kress_Sandy
@1in5advocacy
Fund the regular system adequately, don't make illegal cuts, don't cap special ed, hire a commissioner w/ experience, hold charters accountable for not serving kids w/ disabilities (or for corruption/waste), eliminate low-quality teacher alt cert programs, address 20yr shortage
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QUESTION: What kind of public agency leader sits for an interview w/ the media but not with the public that is directly impacted by a controversial decision?
@HoustonISD
@ACLUTx
@TexasAFT
@tasanet
@AFTunion
@DianeRavitch
@vlnzl
@GreatCitySchls
@AASAHQ
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I wrote this on behalf of principals giving their schools everything they have under extreme conditions. You are so greatly APPRECIATED & we all must better support your work & well-being.
@nassp
@NAESP
@rweingarten
@ASCD
@DianeRavitch
@ProfessorJVH
@ucea
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