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🚨Tx House majority only offers $220 ⬆️ for basic allotment/student which hasn’t ⬆️ since 2019. Adjusted for inflation, should be at least $1,340. Yet, propose giving private schools $10K voucher/student as part of privatization scam. Abbott & #TxLege majority failing #TxEd kids!

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Abbott & #TxLege majority FAILED #TxEd kids in Socorro who will NO longer have CHOICE of music & arts. Socorro & other ISD’s across Tx are forced to drastically cut programs. SHAME on Abbott for trying to funnel $1B for private school vouchers instead of using to ⬆️ basic allotment.

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Thanks to Gov. Abbott & #TxLege majority, thousands of elementary students in Socorro ISD will NO longer have CHOICE of music or art because of underfunding #TxEd public schools. Yet, he is pushing to send $1 billion to private schools. Shame! #NOvouchers elpasomatters.org/2025/02/14/s...

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Tx tchrs subsidize #TxEd public schools by at least $321 million annually, spending avg. of $856 out of pocket a year 4 their students. This doesn’t include education support professionals & admin. Shame on Abbott & #TxLege for diverting public ed $ to private school vouchers.

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Happy Valentines Day! Tonight, we celebrating the best of our nations public school educators at the 2025 Salute to Excellence in Education with The NEA Foundation! Join us from home on the live stream: www.youtube.com/live/_JEn7SA...

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NEA in the house packing the Senate hearing overflow room for the nomination hearing of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education. We can’t allow for the federal government to defund our public schools & dismantle protections for our students. Watch here: www.help.senate.gov/hearings/nom...

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📢 Today, educators gathered at the U.S. Capitol with a clear message: We won’t stay silent while our students, educators, & public schools are under attack. Invest in education—not dismantle it. Demand we put students before billionaires. Take action: ⬇️ www.nea.org/advocating-f...

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Dear Texas Educators (#TxEd), Did you know TX ranks 46th in women’s health, 41st in per-student funding, & pays its mostly female (76%) teachers $9,236 below ntl average. Now #TxLege majority led by Gov. Abbott are pilfering public ed $’s to privatize public ed. #NoVouchers

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Tx Senate broke constitutional oath & voted to begin privatizing public ed w/passage of SB2. Now, it’s on the House in #TxLege to uphold our constitution & values & fund #TxEd public schools. ALL Tx kids deserve nothing less than a GREAT public schools. #NoVouchers

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The Texas Legislature (#TxLege) has historically failed to fund mass transit or highway infrastructure, so they created privatized toll roads for the haves & have-nots. Now they want to do same with #TxEd & privatize public education through voucher scams. #NoVouchers!

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Proud of our daughter Noel who delivered her Senior Speech to a group of 9th graders at Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders. She encouraged them to try new things & be adventurous, especially school clubs & activities, so there are no regrets. It helped shape her experience. #AISDproud

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Trump is prepping an executive order to dismantle the Dept. of Education, directly harming students. It will drain resources from the most vulnerable, skyrocket class sizes, make higher ed more expensive, strip special ed services, and gut student civil rights protections. We won't let this happen.

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Dear #TxEd, Don’t be fooled by Gov. Abbott’s empty promise. Last #TxLege session, he held teacher pay hostage for voucher scam. It must be a standalone teacher raise, NO voucher scam attached. Education support professionals deserve a raise too. One Job Should Be Enough! #NoVouchers

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If your an educator and want to know how to make Black History month meaningful for your students. Check out NEA’s resources to help you celebrate: www.nea.org/resource-lib... #BlackHistoryMonth

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So, we always hear from R’s that you just can’t throw money at education, yet #TxLege is proposing to fund their privatization scheme at 54% ⬆️ rate than #TxEd public schools per student without any accountability. Shame on you. Fund Tx public schools. #NoVouchers

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Excited for the start of Texas high school baseball. Patrick starts the season with a 3 RBI triple and a walk for the game. Great win for the Dawgs!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

So called “choice” has never been about improving educational outcomes for students. It’s about syphoning public $ from state budgets for privatization schemes. Public ed should remain a public good. We should focus on improving it so it works for ALL students. #NoVouchers

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

It’s never been about smaller government, local control, or freedom, it’s all been a cloak for control and power over.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Educators in the Isaac school district in Arizona are doing what they always do, put their students & community first as they are currently working without pay. Join me in supporting the Isaac educators and contribute to their fund. www.clover.com/pay-widgets/... #SaveIsaacSchools

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

This is why I almost exclusively shop at H-E-B! They understand that Y’all means ALL and they are unwavering supporters of Texas educators and our public schools! I love my H-E-B!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Vouchers have been a catastrophic failure—everywhere. They drain funding from neighborhood public schools, where 90% of students learn, and leave behind those who need support the most. If Trump were serious about helping kids, he'd invest in smaller class sizes, educator pay, and more resources.

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

Policies that divide and distract won't solve Oklahoma's educator shortage or overcrowded classrooms. We must prioritize stability, not fear. Every student, regardless of their immigration status, deserves our protection and education.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Dear Texas educators, Stop buying 40+ year myth that we don’t have or can’t join a union in Texas. It’s intentional to keep us from organizing our educator power. There are 2 unions TSTA/NEA & TexasAFT/AFT. Join & organize your worksite/district for power!✊🏼 mytsta.org

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

The actions of the Trump administration from day one is exactly what the poem by Niemöller warned us about after the Holocaust. First, immigrants, then transgender, today it was children, veterans, poor… Who’s next… you? Will it be too late? Silence is complicity!

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

The cruelty of the Trump administration continues with the funding freeze, directly impacting children, elderly, and our most marginalized communities. This is not governing, it is creating a destabilizing chaos across the nation.

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In today’s digital world, misinformation spreads faster than ever. 📰 How can we help students think critically about what they see online and spot false information? Check out these strategies for educators: https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/helping-students-spot-misinformation-onl…

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With all the attention Costo is getting recently, I thought it be a good time to remind the 3 million NEA union educator members that you get a deal on your new Costco membership through NEA Member Benefits. DEI is smart business. 👉 www.neamb.com/products/cos...

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Long before educators where standing between their students & bullets, El Paso educators like Strelzin & Sybert-Coronado stood between their students & present day ICE. Read the story: rethinkingschools.org/articles/civ... NEA’s Immigration Guidance for educators: nea.org/immigration

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You can 👀 #TxLege ⬆️ reliance on recapture $ from districts like Austin & Fed $ to supplant constitutional responsibility to fund #TxEd public schools. 25+ yrs of R control = underfunded public schools. Now they want to pilfer them fund vouchers. Don’t be fooled. #NoVouchers

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You can 👀 #TxLege ⬆️ reliance on recapture $ from districts like Austin & Fed $ to supplant constitutional responsibility to fund #TxEd public schools. 25+ yrs of R control = underfunded public schools. Now they want to pilfer them fund vouchers. Don’t be fooled. #NoVouchers

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Today, I had the privilege to moderate a panel of youth student activists from Vox Teen Atlanta where they shared their truth, power, & wisdom with a room full of educators to close out NEA’s Minority & Women’s Leadership Training Seminar to Advance Racial & Social Justice East. #MWLT2025

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NEA AAPI Caucus Co-Chair Shawn Brehm (WA) set the tone for NEA’s Minority & Women’s Leadership Training Seminar to Advance Racial & Social Justice East with a Land Acknowledgment where he stated “We as Native People, know first hand, what the actions of an unjust President can do…” #MWLT2025

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Powerful & hopeful conversation with Atlanta Chief Equity Officer, Candace M. Stanciel at our NEA East Minority & Women’s Leadership Training Seminar to Advance Racial & Social Justice. #MWLT2025

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The trauma being unleashed to children & communities across the nation is 💔 . The attempted ICE raid in a Chicago elementary school is cruel. The apprehension of citizens & native people because they “fit” a profile is wrong. This is the cruelty of the Trump administrations.

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At the Texas @texasdemocrats.bsky.social DNC Chair Candidate Forum. It is refreshing to hear Ben Wikler talk as an experienced organizer who has a track record in Wisconsin of leading and working with labor to win elections and unify the state. #TXDNCForum

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As educators, we strive to create and provide students with safe, inclusive, & welcoming learning environments regardless of immigration status for them to thrive. Students can NOT learn in fear of ICE agents raiding their schools. This is immoral & inhumane, causing lifelong unnecessary trauma.

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TSTA President & Middle School teacher Ovidia Molina basically gives #TxLege Senate & House budgets an F for FAILURE. Ask them to start over & focus on adequately funding#TxEd public schools as required in Tx Constitution & lift Texas closer to the national average. #NoVouchers

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The Trump administration just ended the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse External Advisory Board. At a time when students & educators in rural, urban, & suburban America are experiencing increased violence in schools related to guns, assaults, bullying, suicide, & more.

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

Our values and our vision for the future of American public education do not change depending on who holds office.

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

As educators, we are united in supporting every student—no matter the language they speak or their place of birth—and ensuring they have access to safe, welcoming public schools. Here is guidance from NEA's Office of General Counsel that may be helpful.

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NEA President Pringle issues statement on Trumps first Executive Order. “Donald Trump’s actions today do nothing to help students learn and grow… They need to be respected for who they are, no matter their race, place, background, sexual orientation, or gender identity.” www.nea.org/about-nea/me...

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Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As an educator in this nation, we pledge allegiance to the flag every morning & at the start every event. When we end the pledge “with liberty & justice for all”, I always remind myself of Dr. King’s words in this quote.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you President Biden for being the most pro-public education & pro-labor president in my lifetime. As you reminded us last week, it’s our turn and we must be the keepers of the flame.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Gracias Secretario Miguel Cardona for your leadership & partnership w/NEA & our 3 million members! You always show up authentically as a career educator who values All students, public education, & educators. Thank you for championing multilingualism as a super power! Pa'lante!✊🏼

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

This is amazing! I am tagging our California Teachers Association who can help you connect with educators in the area. @wearecta.bsky.social

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Chicago is one of my favorite cities to fly into, especially coming in from Lake Michigan.

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