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Yes, Texas has unions. Ours represents K-12 & higher ed public school employees. Affiliated w/ @AFTUnion, @AFLCIO. Tweets by President Zeph Capo signed ZC. ✊
Aug 12 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
“Education is a public good, not a private one. Our kids deserve better than fly-by-night crooks who open for-profit schools on the quick & cheap with uncertified teachers & no standards. That’s what we’re seeing in other states w/ bloated, unaccountable voucher programs" #txlege Image “Money can produce shoddy research & public opinion polls..but it can’t change the truth..vouchers are antithetical to our Texas values, & lawmakers shouldn’t be swayed by testimony from folks w/ no skin in the game who are flown in to bolster their extremist agenda.” @DrDeMatt
Aug 22, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
We want to highlight something that's happening in one school district tonight because it's emblematic of the disrespect for educators + students we've seen crop up statewide.

Thx to @TFN & @ACLUTx for sounding the alarm about Grapevine-Colleyville ISD's board meeting. 🧵 Tonight, the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD school board will vote on some radical policies that hamper educators' ability to #TeachTheTruth & target our LGBTQIA+ students.

You can find the policies here, but this thread will look at the most worrisome: meetings.boardbook.org/Documents/WebV…
May 11, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
File Under: You Can't Make This Up

IDEA 'Public' Schools has selected a new superintendent: Dr. Jeff Cottrill.

Do you know what Dr. Cottrill's current role is? He oversees the TEA division CURRENTLY investigating IDEA for misuse of public funds.

🧵 #TxEd The investigation into IDEA has been ongoing since May 2021 based on evidence “that senior IDEA executives used IDEA financial and staff resources for their personal benefit.”

These findings resulted in the firing of IDEA’s CEO and COO. #TxEd
Aug 7, 2021 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Since the #TxLege is interested in discussing COVID-19 safety in schools, let’s take a moment to set a few things straight. Science should be guiding our decisions, not social media misinformation. #TxEd

A thread 🧵 MYTH: COVID-19 is the same/not as bad as the flu.

FACT: COVID-19 is three times more infectious and more deadly than the seasonal flu. In fact, COVID has killed more than 10 times as many people as the worst flu season of the past decade.