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1 year

@SecCardona Schools do not exist to meet the demands of industry. They exist to help every student reach his or her full potential and build a thriving democracy, where everyone counts and participates.

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The best choice is your local public school. It welcomes everyone. It unifies community. It is the glue of democracy.

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@BetsyDeVosED Betsy, You need to visit more public schools. You are stereotyping and out of touch. There is enormous variety in our classrooms, except for the standardized factory-style tests that Congress mandates.

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4 years

I am puzzled. If Congress and the Administration can agree to give trillions to corporations, big banks, airlines, and 600,000 others, why can’t they agree to appropriate $500 billion to open schools safely, in accordance with science? What about the children? and their teachers?

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3 years

The strongest supporters of high-stakes testing were never teachers.

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3 years

Any state official who insists on giving kids the state tests should also take the test and publish their scores.

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2 years

Vote for Beto!! ⁦ @MomsAGAbbott ⁩ ⁦ @BetoORourke ⁩

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1 year

Why should I pay taxes to subsidize a religious school that would not admit my grandchildren? That’s like asking me to subsidize the private country club that discriminates. No, thank you.

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6 years

No high-performing nation tests every child every year from grades 3-8. That is NCLB requirement, based on non-existent TX miracle. Finland has no standardized tests. Others test once in elementary school, once in middle school, once in high school.

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5 years

NCLB failed. Race to the Top failed. Common Core failed. ESSA made no difference. Same kids left behind. When will they ever learn that the feds can't run public schools of the nation? And punishments don't "fix" schools.

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1 year

This is so disgusting. Employers should provide job training. Schools should provide an education that meets the needs of students.

Secretary Miguel Cardona

@SecCardona

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Every student should have access to an education that aligns with industry demands and evolves to meet the demands of tomorrow’s global workforce.

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What we do know about Florida is that 61% of the kids who use vouchers drop out of the private school within two years and return to their public school, far behind their peers.

Joanie Schirm ☮️

@SunshineJoanie

1 year

@DianeRavitch Years from now in Florida, we'll track the diverted public money spent at private schools, not knowing much about any successes because facts aren't gathered to let us know. Students will have been denied certain books & courses that allow learning & discussing #history . @NCSS

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6 years

When you watch these smart and eloquent students teaching Senators and Congressmen and the media, you have to admit they are a great generation and had some wonderful teachers, who taught them to think and debate and speak.

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3 years

Los Angeles and Chicago will require their teachers to be vaccinated. Every school district should.

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1 year

Brilliant!

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@BigTimeGrandma @mturnage82 @Forrest4Trees @GregAbbott_TX

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5 years

@NikkiHaley Actually Roy Moore is a fair representation of today’s Republican Party. Didn’t Trump endorse him? He is racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-immigrant. And he loves guns. Right in the GOP mainstream.

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I am a Jew. My grandchildren would be refused admission to the overwhelming majority of Christian schools that take vouchers. I do not want my tax dollars to subsidize discriminatory schools, whatever their religion, be it Christian, Muslim, or Jewish.

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4 years

If DeVos forces schools to reopen without resources to protect students and staff, stay home.

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5 years

Nearly 90% of American students attend public schools. Six percent attend charters. Charters divert funding from the vast majority to allow a tiny number to attend a school where teachers may or may not be certified, where the school may close mid-year, suddenly.

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Only one person can stop Betsy DeVos: @SenatorFischer of Nebraska. Mom was public school teacher. She was on local school board.

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3 years

Jeff Bezos is worth $180 billion. Why is he fighting unionization of Amazon workers?

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Bill Gates went to an elite private school with small classes and the best of everything. A real reform would be to make every public school as fine as Lakeside Academy in Seattle.

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6 years

LeBron James Is Proud That He Opened a Public School, not a Charter School or a Private School

LeBron James Is Proud That He Opened a Public School, not a Charter School or a Private School

LeBron James could have followed the well-worn path of other celebrities by putting money into a charter school (e.g., Andre Agassi, whose Las Vegas charter school was so bad that it was handed off…

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5 years

Any candidate who supports charter schools or vouchers should say goodbye to votes from 3 million teachers and millions of public school parents who love their schools.

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5 years

Me, my grandson Elijah, and ⁦ @AOC ⁩

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3 years

The annual tests are a waste of time, money. Teachers not allowed to see questions or student answers. Results come back in 3-5 months. Why bother? Good for ed industry profits.

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@AndrewUjifusa @DianeRavitch @NTampio @deutsch29blog @palan57 @HeatherGautney @EvieBlad Administering those tests in good year is traumatic. This year is unthinkable.

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4 years

Trump administration blocks California wildfire relief - Los Angeles Times. TRUMP IS A MONSTER.

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I love the fact that Boston picked a former Latin teacher as its new superintendent, not a corporate executive.

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5 years

Stevie Van Zandt and I marching for UTLA!

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4 years

I tried to explain to Bloomberg that charter schools hurt public schools without getting better results and we can’t run two school systems. You can tell by his folded arms that he wasn’t listening to Common Sense.

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6 years

I wonder about those who demean and belittle the public schools that 90% of us attended. Don’t they realize they are demeaning and belittling America when they mock us and our public schools?

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This is a public middle school in Brooklyn. This is the real America.

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4 years

Washington State: All Standardized Tests Canceled for Students for Spring 2020

A reader sent this notice from Washington State: ASSESSMENTS As of March 13, state assessments are canceled statewide for the remainder of the 2020 school year. These include: Smarter Balanced Asse…

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5 years

The “New York Times” vs. Senator Bernie Sanders

I have not endorsed a candidate in the primaries. I have not chosen a favorite. I will vote for any Democrat who runs against Trump. That said, I’m very concerned about the New York Times’ consiste…

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Today is my grandson’s bar Mitzvah! So proud of him. Wonderful young man.

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3 years

I got my second COVID shot!!

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1 year

So happy to see the co-writer of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” getting an Oscar, thanking his public school teachers, and naming them.

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@realDonaldTrump Why did they laugh at you at the UN? Was it the boasting or the lies?

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4 years

Any time anyone says there is only one correct way to teach any subject, don’t believe them.

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6 years

We do not owe thanks to SaudiArabia for oil prices. It supplies 9% of our imported oil. Canada supplies 40%. Lets all give thanks to our neighbor, Canada, which provides a secure source of oil and doesn’t savagely murder journalists and dissidents.

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6 years

@HokieinSA @schoolwalkoutUS Teachers, parents, and students should plan their resistance activity on April 20, whether it is a strike, a walk-out, a march to legislators’ offices, a sit-in, a Teach-in. Be creative. Be heard.

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We should have a National Public Schools Week because nearly 90% of US students go to real public schools. #CharterSchoolsFalling

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1 year

Watching @quintabrunson on SNL. She is great. She made a plea in her opening to respect teachers, value teachers, “and for God’s sake, pay them what they deserve.” Love you, Quinta!

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We need more testing for coronavirus, less standardized testing for students. #priorities

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3 years

America's Covid spring shouldn't include standardized tests for any students

Opinion | Making students take standardized tests right now would be cruel — and unhelpful

After the year our children have had, we must consider their well-being above all else when making decisions about schooling.

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I don’t want to pay for any religious schools, including my own religion: I believe in separation of church and state, like Thomas Jefferson. Not Christian, not Jewish, not Muslim. I pay taxes for schools open to all. @pastors4txkids @Network4pubEd @pastors4OKkids

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5 years

Betsy DeVos is unfit to lead the Education Department. It's time for her to resign.

Opinion | Rep. Mark Pocan: It's time for Betsy DeVos to resign

DeVos' confirmation hearing raised many red flags. Now America's children are dealing with the consequences of her incompetence.

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Texas is my home state. We have had great governors like Ann Richards. Time for my fellow Texans to rise up and elect folks who take care of people, not profits.

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I agree. Choose any school you want, public, private, religious. But public funds should pay only for public schools, not private choices. If you don’t like the public pool, don’t expect the taxpayers to pay for your private pool.

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@LarryMac480 @DianeRavitch I have no problem with parents deciding the best education for their children. I have a problem when they want my tax dollars to fund their choices. Public education paid by local and state democratically elected governments made this nation great and destroying it is insane.

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Sorry to move 2023 NPE conference from Houston, where we have many great allies, to DC but we could not meet in a state that celebrates guns, destroys environment and denies wonen’s right to control their bodies.

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As Trump faces indictment, DeSantis vows to ‘tear down’ and rebuild DOJ – A fascist in charge of the Department of Justice. Scarier than Trump.

As Trump faces indictment, DeSantis vows to ‘tear down’ and rebuild DOJ

Gov. Ron DeSantis is promising to “tear down” and rebuild the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI as his political rival former President Donald Trump faces criminal charges of misha…

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A must-read. School choice started as a means of resisting the Brown decision and racial desegregation.

The Dark History of School Choice | Diane Ravitch

During her tenure as secretary of education, Betsy DeVos repeatedly asked Congress to allocate billions of dollars for vouchers for religious and private

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Betsy DeVos and the U.S. Department of Education said nothing—silence—about Public Schools Week. She was in a tizzy of glee for School Choice Week, celebrating charters and vouchers.

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Privatization benefits the few, not the public. Would you privatize police, firefighters, parks, beaches, libraries, the military? Let private sector stay private. Invest in public sector to make it better for all.

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61% of kids who take vouchers in Florida drop out after two years and return to public schools, far behind their peers.

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In states with vouchers, 75-80% are used by kids already in private schools. If Texas adopts vouchers, $3 billion will be transferred from public schools to private schools. The 5 million kids in public schools will be cheated.

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@JATrojans @dcpublicschools Condescending from a billionaire who never taught

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A Sign in the Holocaust Musem

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You are right: this is the highest stakes fight in US today. Will public education survive the billionaire-funded effort to turn public $$ over to private and religious schools, mainly low-quality b/c vouchers never enuf for elite schs. Attack on public Ed is attack on democracy.

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NEW: There may be no higher-stakes fight in America right now than the historic -- and heavily politicized -- one over public education. I spent the last few months trying to figure out how we got here.

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Charter schools are funded by taking money away from public schools, and they exclude kids with disabilities. Public schools take all kids.

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@GregAbbott_TX Schools are for education, not indoctrination—that’s why no child should get a voucher for religious school. Indoctrination is the PURPOSE of religious schools!

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@JamaalBowmanNY Social scientists have demonstrated repeatedly that standardized tests are highly correlated with family income and education. Kids who lack these advantages do poorly on these tests, although they may have talents that are even more important than guessing “the right answer.”

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Standardized tests favor the privileged and the affluent. They are best at measuring family income and education.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D.

@JamaalBowmanNY

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It is a fact, not an opinion, that our standardized testing system discriminates against kids who learn differently. It also discriminates against poor kids. Black and brown kids as well. I need you all to understand the root causes of why. Take this journey with me.

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@elizashapiro Corey Booker will not get votes from public school teachers or parents or supporters, only the 6% in charter schools.

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@DLoesch Own it, Dana. You are the mouthpiece of the NRA, which defends gun violence.

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Terrorists. Why weren’t they arrested?

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I support #PublicSchoolsWeek because public schools educated me and gave me the chance to achieve my dreams. #LovePublicEducation

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I support #PublicSchoolsWeek because public schools are the anchor of their community and the foundation of democracy.

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Listening to Brack Obama eulogize John McCain reminds us what a president sounds like, says, thinks, believes. Why America was great and will be again one day.

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I love the Brooklyn Public Library. All the banned books are online for free!

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Lots of you are asking for the QR code. Here you go!

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Thank you, @Twitter @Jack for permanently suspending the account of @realDonaldTrump , who flagrantly lies and incites violence every day.

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Diane and ⁦ @AOC ⁩ in Jackson Heights, Queens, her district. With Jackson Heights Parents for Public Schools.

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We must somehow persuade members of Congress that standardized tests don’t reduce inequity, they lock it into place. We should have learned this from 20 years of federally mandated testing. We must change course and unleash children’s love of learning and curiosity.

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My grandson Aidan graduated from Wesleyan today!

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@realDonaldTrump Here is a solution to being all alone in the White House (Poor you!). RESIGN.

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No, DFER we do not need a former TFA, former EdTruster supe like Sonja Brookins Santelises whose kids went to charter & private schools. We need a public school advocate as Secretary of Education with a new vision who believes in public ed. @JoeBiden @DrBiden @LDH_ed

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So beautiful to see the drama students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School singing on the Tony awards! “Seasons of Love” from “Rent”—wonderful! And a Tony for the drama teacher!

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If you like your neighborhood public school, do not support Cory Booker. He supports corporate charter chains and vouchers, not public schools.

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Public schools were not eligible to apply for Paycheck Protection Program. Charter schools were. More than 1200 charters collected over one billion $. Are charters small businesses?

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Guess charter schools aren’t “public” then

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene does not belong on the education committee

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has harassed school shooting survivors, made racist comments, traded in anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim bigotry, and embraced dangerous conspiracy theories. Tell your...

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The “school choice” movement was created by white Southern governors who were fighting the Brown decision. It was the leading edge of their fight AGAINST civil rights and equality.

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@andreperryedu

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@rpondiscio @Empowered_AF @BobBowdon @ProfessorJVH @JasonBedrick @carolburris @DianeRavitch @AnthonyCody @AQE_NY Really? Choice was the mantra that spurred segregation academies, help facilitate inequitable school zones, firing of Black teachers, stripping of political rights from Black districts, etc. At some point, we must say enough.

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@realDonaldTrump And draft dodgers can’t be president.

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In 1983, “A Nation at Risk” started the big hoax that our public schools needed a corporate takeover. They didn’t then, and they don’t now. Greed pays the few but stifles the lives and education of children.

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Our community public schools made America great! Improve them, don't privatize them or defund them!

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The best teachers I ever had knew their subject, loved to teach it, awakened a joy of learning, but didn’t know anything about brain science.

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@teachbk

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@nancyflanagan @DianeRavitch How do you teach if you don’t understand how the brain works 🤔

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Following @cynthianixon ’s call to end test-based teacher evaluation,New York State Assembly introduced legislation to do exactly that. Well done, Cynthia. Keep forcing Cuomo to do the right thing.

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Our public schools made America GREAT! Support public education! Reject DeVos and privatization!

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Bloomberg takeover of schools put all power in his hands. Voices of parents and communities silenced. He picked non-educators to tin the system. Closed hundreds of schools, opened hundreds more. Turmoil and demoralization but supercharged PR machine. Testing was all-consuming.

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For teachers:

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CORRECTION: An Apology to Pete Buttigieg and the Racially Integrated Public Schools of South Bend, Indiana

CORRECTION: An Apology to Pete Buttigieg and the Racially Integrated Public Schools of South Bend,...

Several readers of this blog who live in South Bend, Indiana, wrote to say that Fred Klonsky is wrong about Pete Buttigieg and the status of racial integration in the public schools of South Bend. …

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The Texas GOP’s Playbook to Kill the Public Schools

Inside the Texas GOP’s Playbook to Kill the Public School

This is merely the latest incarnation of a decades-old Republican playbook to discredit, defund, and ultimately destroy the Texas public education system.

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@piper4missouri Every public school should be well-funded, no matter the zip code.

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Betsy DeVos: most unqualified Secretary of Education ever. No experience.worse, she has lobbied to destroy public education for 30 years.

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Cynthia Nixon and I in her Home. The next governor of New York?

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If charter schools are “private businesses,” how can they be public schools?

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@carolburris

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"Charter school advocates said operators were entitled to the [PPP]loans, which ranged from $150,746 to $9.8 million, because they are technically private businesses." SAY WHAT! @jeffbcdm @Wlecker @DianeRavitch @PubInterest @deutsch29blog @TeacherArthurG

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Important to remember that “school choice” originated in segregationist fight against Brown decision