"We must allow love to be the conduit to turn anger into action. Public education is more than a career, it is an act of love.”
—NEA Vice President Princess Moss at #NEASummit
The racist origins of school vouchers. Please forward to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. dianeravitch.net/2025/03/04/1...
Graphic that reads: Trump signed an executive order to illegally funnel public school funds to private school vouchers. Who benefits? Private schools that can pick and choose who they enroll. Who loses? The 90% of students who attend public schools across America.
Graphic that reads: This isn’t about choice—it’s about privatizing public education. Trump’s executive order is straight from the Project 2025 playbook—a scheme to privatize education and defund public schools. Less funding for Public schools. Fewer resources for students with disabilities. Public money handed to unaccountable private schools.
Graphic that reads: When voters choose, vouchers lose. Example: In 2024, every single one of Kentucky’s 120 counties voted down a measure to expand private school vouchers. Why? Because communities know the truth—Public schools need more support, not less.
Graphic that reads: We will not stand by while Trump and anti-public education politicians attack our students. If you try to come for our students, our schools, and our communities—we will organize, we will mobilize, and we will fight back.
The Trump administration knows private school vouchers have failed in Congress and been rejected by voters, so they're using an executive order to push them through anyway—at the expense of 90% of students who attend public schools.
Voucher programs leave out wide swaths of students, especially Black and brown students as well as those living in rural areas with no or limited access to private schools. https://thegrio.com/2025/01/29/trump-calls-for-ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-education-and-prioritizing-school-choice-…
Trump fired the NLRB's pro-worker general counsel and its acting chair.
He's effectively gutted the agency tasked with defending the rights of workers to organize.
Guess who has recently filed lawsuits aimed at invalidating the agency altogether?
Amazon and SpaceX.
[...CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said the officers presented credentials to school leaders and identified themselves as ICE.
...More than 90 percent of Hamline’s students are Latino and about two-thirds are English learners, according to district data.]
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We stood strong in 2019 for sanctuary protections. Now, we’re committed to strengthening that language to shield CPS students and families from Trump’s dangerous agenda and ICE threats targeting our communities.
Sometimes you're hosting a potluck & you didn't remember & your organizing pals reminded you yesterday. & so you get it together, because that's the right thing to do.
& you of course set up a corner of books on the subject for guests to read to your baby 🥰
This is going to be an unprecedented year. With a track record of determination and conviction, I believe I am the right person for this seat!
It's that time of year 🗳️☑️
I am running to get back on the KEA/JCTA boards.
As an active & passionate education advocate, who has learned so much through my time w JCTA & KEA, please consider giving me your vote! If I have your vote -- ☺️ --, please share with your colleagues.
Grateful and excited to announce that I have been accepted into the 2025 Emerge cohort ✨
Looking forward to six months of meaningful learning and fellowship with these exceptional community leaders, and all the goodness that will come of them.
“Republicans had hoped to push through major legislation reforming the state’s education system, but were thwarted by voters who soundly rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to allow public funds to go toward private and charter education.”
We can argue about whether or not dyed green hair is acceptable or we can unite on the fact that we deserve better infrastructure.
Louisville is in the news again, as LMPD’s detention and citation of a woman in active labor for “unlawful camping” continues to make national news in multiple outlets. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...
When the last bell rings before a break, adults and kids alike are racing to the door. On my own way out, a student of mine from last year -- a junior now -- found me in the hall and said he had a note for me.
Believe in these kids. They know when you do and they know when you don't.
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I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.
This is what solidarity looks like! CTU Members and allies marched through the streets of Chicago last night, showing the power of collective action. If you’ve got pictures from the rally, share them in the comments and tag @ctulocal1 - we want to see your CTU pride! #CTUStrong
Had some boggle time with some sophomores today. IT WAS FUN I LOVE BOGGLE ❤️🤓
