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Mar 18 • 6 tweets • 6 min read
👏 Wow. Just wow. This op-Ed from Amarillo teacher Cecily Riesenberg should be the final word on vouchers and “school choice” in Texas. It won’t be, but it should be. It’s that good. 👏 #txed #txlege

amarillo.com/story/opinion/…
The analogy in the article above, about country clubs and swimming pools, immediately reminded me of this piece about community pools and desegregation. Vouchers bring strong parallels.
#txed #txlege
marketplace.org/2021/02/15/pub… Image
Don’t forget, it’s 💰 and ⛪️ driving the voucher push. Not kids. This 👇 is what they are running from, and who they want to hurt. Any damage to rural schools that fit their desired demographic, well, that’s just collateral damage, an acceptable loss. #txed #txlege
For those who would like to read the article directly, here is the op-ed from Amarillo teacher Cecily Riesenberg, speaking out against vouchers (1 of 2) #txed #txlege ImageImageImage
For those who would like to read the article directly, here is the op-ed from Amarillo teacher Cecily Riesenberg, speaking out against vouchers #txed #txlege
(2 of 2) ImageImageImage
If you’d like to show some love (and a follow) to the author of this great op-ed, here she is! @ItIsMeCecily
#txed #txlege

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Christopher Tackett @cjtackett@mastodon.social Profile picture
Mar 11
The Texas Voucher Math. A 🧵

Texas Voucher Plan = $8,000 per student
Average Texas Home value = $290,000
Average Property Tax rate = 1.80%
Average Taxes Paid = $5,220
So even with one kid, it’s not really “my taxes”. It’s “our taxes”. A family with 2 or more…
#txlege #txed
The Texas Voucher Math (2/4)
Texas Voucher Plan = $8,000 per student
Average cost of K-8 Private school = $10,000
Average cost of 9-12 Private school = $13,000
So even with a voucher, it doesn’t cover tuition, meaning it’s not for low income families.
#txlege #txed
The Texas Voucher Math (3/4)

Texas Voucher Plan = $8,000 per student
Texas Public School Basic Allotment = $6,160 per student
So the state is acknowledging it is more expensive to educate kids, but won’t fully support public schools with a higher basic allotment
#txlege #txed
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Christopher Tackett @cjtackett@mastodon.social Profile picture
Feb 28
"Get married, stay married, and be fruitful and multiply" is the tag line for Texas HB2889.
Stay married - 10% tax reduction
Have 2 kids - 40% tax reduction
Have 10 kids - 100% reduction

This is handmaids tale, where women are pushed to be broodmares. They want more white kids. ImageImage
Correction!
To get the 40% tax reduction, you have to have 4 kids. 1, 2, or 3 kids and you don't get any additional tax relief. You've got to get to 4 to make the money roll in.
We need more white kids! Image
🧒of 👨‍🦰👩 = ✅ (🧒must be born after married, because of sin)
Adopted 🧒of 👨‍🦰👩 = ✅
Adopted 🧒of one parent, who is married to someone who is a widow or widower = ✅

So if you were married and had kids, got divorced, and then remarried, you are SOL. Because divorce is a sin. Image
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Christopher Tackett @cjtackett@mastodon.social Profile picture
Feb 27
The difference between what the Tarrant County Judge lists as legislative priorities vs the National Association of Counties couldn't be more stark.

NACo is focused on making life better for citizens. O'Hare's is nothing but a Christian nationalist's wish list.
Transformative Property Tax Relief - seek to eliminate M&O property taxes, putting future public school funding at risk.
Culture of Life - control and impose patriarchy
Protect Texas Children - demonizing transgender kids and their parents, and drag shows, plus more guns.
Secure the border - Build the wall
Empowering Parents in education - Taxpayer money to pay for religious indoctrination
Strengthen election integrity - Because fraud is rampant
Protecting Religious Liberty - to impose beliefs on others
Safeguard Business - F*ck public safety
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Christopher Tackett @cjtackett@mastodon.social Profile picture
Feb 25
That’s a real American
He loves Jesus, hates his wife
Golfs on the weekends

He loves a tax break
But it’s hand outs he can’t stand
He worked hard for his dad’s Homestead Act land
Hobbies include:
Picketing Abortion clinics
Praying his gay daughter might meet a good man
Debating his grandkids coming to visit
Thanking God that he’s American
Thank God I was born and raised in
The land of cancer trains
Getting rich buying out lunch debts at the middle school

The land of qualified immunity
And equal opportunity, for rich folks and the chosen few
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Feb 24
This is .sam.stone. This is greatness.
I need a whole album.
#PrettyGoodMovies #OurNationalAnthem
#folkpunk
Let’s do a quick thread of #folkpunk insight from .sam.stone (he’s on TikTok)

#BigBoy #IHateFeelings
More .sam.stone #folkpunk
#AfraidOfTheSun #StopResisting #CallACAB 🚕
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Christopher Tackett @cjtackett@mastodon.social Profile picture
Feb 8
There are four types pushing “school choice”

1. For the Catholic Church and billionaire Evangelical Christians like Betsy DeVos, publicly funded vouchers for private religious schools opens a path to taxpayer support for their religious orgs.

Make money + indoctrination
There are four types pushing “school choice”

2. For billionaires like the Walton family, John Arnold and Charles Koch, school choice grants a path to undermining public education and lowering taxes.

Keep tax money, make more money, indoctrination if it helps them out.
There are four types pushing “school choice”

3. For billionaires like Bill Gates, Reed Hastings and Michael Dell, school choice prepares a path for creating an education technology industry that has the promise of huge future profits.

All about the money
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