Thread by @Mr_McGarrah

I asked teachers a very important question as a litmus test about the LEARNS Act...

Knowing that signing the referendum petition is the same as teachers signing away their raises, will they still sign the petition?

I was actually stunned by the results.

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Before I go over the results, I will first share some data from Gallup about the honesty and trustworthiness of various professions in the United States.

Our elected officials say LEARNS is good. Teachers say it's bad.

Who should you believe? 🤔

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news.gallup.com/poll/467804/nu…

From Gallup's more detailed report, we see this trend continues even when expanded to grade school teachers, state officials, and governors.

Politicians are routinely identified as untrustworthy!
Teachers are MUCH more trustworthy!

Who to trust? 🤔

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news.gallup.com/file/poll/4678…

I have two polls going for teachers. One is on Twitter and one is in an Arkansas Teacher Facebook Group.

As of about 7pm 6/8, in a landside, teachers will sign the petition:
Twitter results: 73.8% out of 210 total votes
Facebook results: 92% out of 287 total votes

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So the public trusts teachers SIGNIFICANTLY more than POLITICIANS!

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Teachers are OVERWHELMINGLY willing to sign away their LEARNS raises! Mind! Blown!

Read some quotes from the teachers explaining why they are willing to forgo these raises.

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Arkansas teachers from across the political spectrum are willing to #SayNoToLEARNS.

Teachers are saying LEARNS is NOT the answer to fix education in the state. The state ignored input from educators and other stakeholders.

Teachers say LEARNS is bad. Who do you believe?

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