Great day for Texas Softball!
#HookEm

Great conversation by ✌🏼 of my favorite Tx science teachers, ‘24 TxToY Taniece Thompson-Smith & ‘22 Tx ToY Ramon Benavides, Ph.D., both TSTA/NEA/NEA mbrs.

I ❤️, “I may have been born on an island, but I’m not an island” referring to how we learn & support each other as educators.

This must be a standard in our nation’s public schools.
Multilingualism is a super power allowing us to connect & understand our beautiful interconnected humanity.

We must prepare students to succeed in an interdependent 🌎.
Congrats, students, Hartford Public Schools & Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez!

Proud to represent NEA as sponsors for the reception with NAACP at Smithsonian’s NMAAHC after a day celebrating the 70th Anniversary of #BrownvBoard .
I was joined by state presidents from LAE, Tennessee Education Association, & NEA staff.

Powerful panel of Little Rock Nine moderated by sheryl lee ralph, as they talk about their lived experience as students trying to attend their desegregated school surrounded by so much hate & racism, yet they resisted and persevered.
#BrownvBoard

NEA in the house with NAACP as we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of #BrownvBoard and continue to strengthen our commitment to pursue the promise of a quality public education for every student.

NEA Pres. Becky Pringle
reminds us of our responsibility to deliver on the promise of #BrownvBoard .
Promote, protect, & strengthen public education to be what it was never designed to be, a racially, socially just, & equitable system that works for every student.
Plan to vote.

Listening to Leslie Fenwick, PhD, share from her book & research on the massive resistance to #BrownvBoard .
Brown intended to integrate wholly, meaning superintendents, principals, teachers, & students.

It resulted in loss of 100K experienced & credentialed educators.

Today is Education Support Professionals Day around the world.
Thank you for your dedication to students, you are vital to the school ecosystem.

We celebrate you & continue as we fight for a living wage.
One job should be enough!

Happy World #ESPday !

#rESPect
#WeLoveOurESPs

A little education goes a long way.
I applaud Courtney Gore for reading the curriculum developed by expert career educators in her community to teach kids “to be good humans.”
Parents must partner w/educators for our kids success.
TY Courtney for saying Extremism IS the problem.”

The 70th anniversary of #BrownvBoard is days away.
A celebration of progress & reminder of work ahead to finish what began to ensure full access to fully funded quality public schools as we fight privatization schemes aimed at dismantling public education.
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This!👇

Our #TxEd public schools never fully recovered from 2011 cuts of $5.4B.

Tx has been under R control for 30+ years & Abbott since 2015.

No leadership just finger pointing while Tx sits on a record $30B surplus that once averaged $11-12B

Texas kids & educators deserve better.

Great night out listening to our daughter Noel along w/amazing musicians from Ann Richards School.

We heard from Beginner Band, Middle School Concert Band, High School Symphonic Band & several solo & ensembles in between, & finished with/All Star Band.

Gotta ❤️ #TxEd Fine Arts!

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President Biden took a necessary and important step to help prevent further escalation of the war into Rafah by pausing arms shipments to Netanyahu. We applaud him and encourage the administration to push for a ceasefire and the release of all hostages.

The violence must stop.

NOW!

Education International

Happy #TeacherAppreciationDay !

These three teachers see you, respect you, & use every opportunity to uplift you & your unparalleled contributions to this nation.

As Secretary Miguel Cardona stated, “There is no American dream without America’s teachers.”

#ElectionsMatter