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Voucher proponents say “allow funding to follow the student instead of the system”.

This is designed to decimate the public ed system, diverting public dollars to private, faith based institutions, in many cases to re-segregate schools, taking us back to the 1950’s
#txlege #txed
Texas Republicans in #txlege who take an anti-voucher stance are supporting the buildings, but not the people in them.

You see it in their legislation and votes, banning books, marginalizing and erasing LGBTQ students and staff, dictating that real history can’t be taught. #txed
If you want to call yourself “pro-public education”, you have to support the people who ARE public education: the staff, teachers, and students.

You have to look at the record of #txlege lawmakers. What are they voting for? It isn't just money and vouchers. It's about people.
What has occurred in the past few #txlege sessions has told those the staff, teachers, and students they don’t matter, expertise is ignored, and great educators are leaving.

Hollow out the system and it will fail.

Maybe that was the goal for these legislators all along.
#txed

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Jun 17
Emily Ramser was one of 12 Outstanding Teaching Humanities award winners in the state of Texas. She received her award at the May 22, 2023 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD board meeting. She told the board why she was resigning moments later.

Keeping reading for more from Emily #txed
Emily Ramser, now former Grapevine-Colleyville ISD award winning teacher, was featured in this NBC News story.

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Emily wrote a long letter to help give context to her story. Portions of that letter are captured over the next series of posts. 1/10 🧵

“I was told at work that this was my fault and what I needed to expect as a public servant”
#txed All of the anger and lies d...
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Jun 4
As you see posts for a Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) alternative called Texans For Excellence In Eduction (TEE) being pushed by two State House members, the Tarrant County Judge, and a State Board of Education member... (1 of 5) #txed #txlege ImageImageImageImage
And you look at Texans for Excellence in Education website, which calls out not being "driven by political agendas", and also their Facebook ads currently running, focusing on "students' well being", "the beginning of a new era of representation", and "myths vs facts"... (2) ImageImageImageImage
Keep in mind this organization, Texans for Excellence In Education, that is supposedly not driven by political agendas and is non-partisan, it has released all of these ads, dripping with Christian nationalist talking points to make people fear public schools (3)
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Jun 2
The ninth and final batch of Texas House scorecards
This release covers T to Z, from James Talarico to Erin Zwiener
Full details on how each Rep voted on all 50 items will be available on SeeItNameItFightIt.com in the near future
#SeeItNameItFightIt #txlege
James Talarico (HD50) earned an "A" rating
With 49 tracked votes taken, he voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 47 times
That's 96%
#SeeItNameItFightIt @SeeNameFightIt Image
Carl Tepper (HD84) earned an "F" rating
With 50 tracked votes taken, he voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 10 times
That's 20%
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Jun 2
Batch eight of Texas House scorecards.
This release covers the letter S, from Matt Schaefer to Valoree Swanson
Full details on how each Rep voted on all 50 items will be available on SeeItNameItFightIt.com in the near future.
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Matt Schaefer (HD6) earned an "F" rating
With 49 tracked votes taken, he voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 4 times
That's 8%
#SeeItNameItFightIt @SeeNameFightIt Image
Nate Schatzline (HD93) earned an "F" rating
With 50 tracked votes taken, he voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 10 times
That's 20%
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Read 14 tweets
Jun 2
Batch seven of Texas House scorecards.
This release covers N to R, from Victoria Neave Criado to Jon Rosenthal
Full details on how each Rep voted on all 50 items will be available on SeeItNameItFightIt.com in the near future.
#SeeItNameItFightIt #txlege Image
Victoria Neave Criado (HD107) earned an "A" rating
With 50 tracked votes taken, she voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 47 times
That's 94%
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Candy Noble (HD89) earned an "F" rating
With 50 tracked votes taken, she voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 8 times
That's 16%
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Batch six of Texas House scorecards. This release covers L to M, from Suleman Lalani to Andrew Murr
Full details on how each Rep voted on all 50 items will be available on SeeItNameItFightIt.com in the near future.
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Suleman Lanani (HD76) earned an "A" rating
With 47 tracked votes taken, he voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 44 times
That's 94%
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Stan Lambert (HD71) earned an "F" rating
With 47 tracked votes taken, he voted against Christian nationalism and for a more inclusive Texas 11 times
That's 23%
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