April Walsh-Crooks

A conservative mom who can read the fine print.

[Lynn Davenport @lynnsdavenport]

Lord, help me.

No one triggers me like @TerriLeoWilson and her asinine questions at the House Public Education Hearings. #txed

https://t.co/Rys7KTaM60

She has no institutional memory with bills like HB 1842 where Morath and Williams lobbied for Districts of Innovation (DOI) which incentivized districts to hire uncertified teachers using an exemption.

Now they are holding a hearing to figure out why we have an increase in uncertified teachers and Wilson asked if we should look at charters schools.

Seriously? Charter schools actually hire more uncertified teachers because they have that flexibility.

That’s why they don’t outperform our traditional public schools despite their unfair advantage in state funding.

They also can discriminate against students by cherry-picking and kicking out those with special needs, learning disabilities, ELL, and behavior problems.

She needs to be schooled. @GinaHinojosaTX please help her…

[Jackie Besinger 🇺🇸 @JackyBesinger]

“The same reformsters who exacerbated the reading wars came back to fix them with synthetic solutions.”

They made the problem to sell us their snake oil.

[Mary Lowe @MaryDunlaphome]

Yet when “UNCLE PAUL” was in school education did not need fixing; because there was no “High Stakes Testing”, and teachers wrote their own test. Local Control reigned,then came “A Tax recapture” known as “Robin-hood” one of the first pieces expanding “Socialism” in Texas through the largest state expense. Our biggest obligation- Education of children-

Nothing in education has been fixed it has been a sinking ship with NO “rising tide” to be found.

[Born Texan @texaschickster]

Framework is how TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills) are organized.SBOE CHOSE to organize it chronological not the old method“build on subjects” from lower- higher grades.Once a subject is presented in the historical order, it is not covered again unless new issue.

[Mary Lowe @MaryDunlaphome]

Historians, teachers highlight issues with new Social Studies TEKS | Texas | https://t.co/zQeN9VyRJB https://t.co/H7NGyodMUy

[Mary Lowe @MaryDunlaphome]

Religion is a Parent’s Right and belongs in the home! Christians DO NOT want the failed public schools of TX encroaching on the church!!
#Theologymatters

@headgeo @Davy1836 @RealAlexJones
@sbellsnyder
@MC4Texas @texaschickster

[Mary Lowe @MaryDunlaphome]

TX @SBOE @KellyRasti @KevenEllisDC

How can the SBOE write training for schools on parent’s rights while taking away Parent’s rights by tying religion to the TEKS and Staar testing??

Stop the religious hypocrisy and the heresy by JP - and Paula White non sense!
#14thamendment

[Mary Lowe @MaryDunlaphome]

2024 TPPF -->Don Frazier's Texas Center $70k to develop TEKS

The most forceful content advisor voice in the horrific age unaligned and pro nationalism which leads to globalism TEKS was Don Frazier- never elected only selected!

[Bannon’s WarRoom @Bannons_WarRoom]

Federal Judge Orders The State To Admit Islamic Schools Into Texas Voucher Program, Lynn Davenport Breaks It All Down @lynnsdavenport

[Lynn Davenport @lynnsdavenport]

When @Hollie_Plemons told @KHancock4TX’s office this would happen, they shut the door on her.

Vouchers are subsidies.

https://t.co/kE9RVJbWuG

[Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre]

I taught during the rise of Chromebooks in classrooms and it was a nightmare

Kids cheating rampantly, Googling every single fact, refusing to read assuming that copy and pasting things from Wikipedia counted as an answer

Students were regularly able to circumvent controls to watch porn, play video games, and watch movies or YouTube in class

Students used shared Google Docs to gossip, bully each other, and plan crime (not joking)

Everyone knew it was a disaster but the district refused to stop using them because “this is the future, kids need to learn computers”, plus massive amounts of funding were tied to them

Mandatory testing was done on the computers and they were used for IEP accommodations so they were unavoidable

Eventually, things got so bad that despite vigorous protests from parents and administrators, I went almost entirely analog, requiring students only use paper and textbook except for state mandated tests

That worked really well until COVID, where remote learning once again became mandatory

Even after the return to classrooms administration required everything be accessible online at all times, so there was no longer any option to stop the digital distractions

A true nightmare for teachers and a system that has radically failed students

[Hollie Plemons @Hollie_Plemons]

When Republicans lose Texas, & we will with the way GOP electeds treat their incredibly informed voters who stand with the RPT platform over donors, they can never say they were not warned.

Americans are rightfully blowing up over the Epstein files & here in Texas electeds, candidates, groups & PAC’s all bankrolled by Tim Dunn are trying to smear GOP voters that are standing up & saying no to Huffines over his ownership of Epstein’s Zorro ranch. If Don has nothing to hide then why did visitors of the ranch have to sign NDA’s? If Don has nothing to hide why did he have his son & wife all over the paperwork & not him? If Don has nothing to hide then why is he refusing to answer any questions? Why are his supporters immediately defending him & saying “it was just a land purchase at a good deal” & “the money went to the victims”……what victims??? Bondi & Kash have both claimed there was nothing in the files so if that’s true then there are no victims. We know they lied & there are victims but there hasn’t been a trial so how are there victims to receive money? The files were just released a few weeks ago & the ranch was bought in 2023, so again, how did Huffines money go to victims?

That leads us to the gross allegiance that these same Pale Horses (those funded by Dunn) have to protect a former gay porn star who gets paid to push the UN agenda for socialism & the destruction of education for all but the super elites.

Texans - this is your warning. Pale Horses are NOT grassroots they are donor controlled opposition to swampy Republicans who were not representing republican voters. They saw a window to pretend to be better to gain control so they took it, end of story. They are not better. They are the most destructive electeds to liberty, they are 100% worse than TLR republicans who suck too. We do NOT have ANY actual Republicans in office. ZERO! Pay attention to how they vote vs what they lie & say they are for. Biggest case & point is the flopper @AndyHopperTX who wrote an article on why school choice was a scam, used “Liberty or death” as his campaign tag line, got elected then voted to trick parents into selling their children’s liberty in the school choice bill. He did that because if you are funded by Dunn you are not allowed independent thought, group think only! Voting for any bill labeled school choice was a REQUIREMENT for Dunn’s Raiders of Liberty just like it was for those that received Abbott’s endorsement &/or money.

Wake up! What else do you need to see to be convinced that these Pale Horses defending Huffines secret purchase of Epstein’s Ranch & defending a gay porn star that wants an audience of children & parents are NOT grassroots Republicans & are simply paid for mouthpieces of a billionaire who is hungry for power & control???

[Nickitruesdell @nickitruesdell]

Homeschooling in Texas is about to change, and not for the better, thanks to the passage of "school choice:"

*First, the homeschool ESA recipients will be scrutinized.

*Next, when the state or the populace decide that homeschoolers aren't "doing it right," all homeschoolers will be scrutinized.

*There will be calls for more oversight on all homeschoolers in the state.

*Bills will be introduced to impose minimum requirements, assessments, and data collection.

*There may even be bills to impose medical oversight in homes of homeschoolers (like other states have already done).

*Our status as one of the best homeschool states will disappear.

*Homeschool curriculum prices will go up, and some mom-and-pop providers will go out of business, because they can't compete with the state's "approved education vendor" coupons.

*Homeschool co-ops that don't accept ESA money will be shrink, while state-funded co-ops will grow.

*ESA homeschoolers will look at private homeschoolers and demand to have the freedoms we have, which will result in the opposite: the free homeschoolers will be affected by the ESA law until homeschooling in Texas is no longer recognizable.

> But I will not forget. And I hope you won't, either. Freel free to bookmark this post and fact check it in a few years, because that's what I'll be doing. I've been a homeschooler in Texas since 1985, first as a child, and for the past 25 years as a mom. I will not forget. <

[Mary Lowe @MaryDunlaphome]

For one segment of the republican party to continue to label and diminish a long time republican over 1 issue - the voucher. While ignoring the number of their funders highly adored philanders and blatant liars to their constituents and doing immoral acts harming others; highlights who is driving the shrinking of voters for republicans, and the disdain growing against them and therefore apathy towards the party.

This animosity and cancel culture embodied so very deeply in the Dunn cult, and the repeated public display is a black eye on Texas, the fruit it produces is rotten.

[Jackie Besinger 🇺🇸 @JackyBesinger]

Let's Talk Julie Pickren, SBOE District 7

I seek clarification regarding the origins of her wealth, particularly as it has not been accurately documented in her public record, which raises substantial questions and potential implications. Pickren has portrayed herself as a thriving rancher in Texas, claiming ownership of over 2,000 acres and 800 head of cattle, while also mingling with the Texas football team, the "Cowboys," where she hosts an annual party at her West Texas ranch. Additionally, she owns a modest 200+ acres in South Texas; it is indeed concerning that Amanda has continued to provide Julie Pickren with more funding from 2022 to 2025.

It would be prudent for a conscientious District Attorney to investigate these financial dealings. The ongoing support for what is clearly fraudulent is beyond troubling, especially when her ministries, intended to nourish underprivileged children, remain unrecognizable.

I wonder if her spirits channeling is the cause of her success. 🤔

[Alice @Woodyboy2020]

Texas has now crossed a serious line. Through HB 1605, passed in the last session, championed by TEA Commissioner #MikeMorath, Governor Greg Abbott, Representative Brad Buckley, Senator Brandon Creighton and others on both sides of the asile, the state is explicitly establishing a mandated “canon of literature” for every student K through 12.

That word canon matters. Canon is not an academic term. It is a value laden term rooted in authority, belief, and the power to declare what is foundational truth. This is not about teaching students how to read across genres. The state’s own testimony confirms the intent is to create a shared body of works all students are expected to read, understand, and internalize as foundational knowledge. That is a shift away from academic skill development and toward shaping values, beliefs, and behaviors.

When the state becomes the arbiter of what is canon, it assumes authority over truth itself. And when that canon begins to include biblical references embedded in a state owned and mandated curriculum, the question must be asked plainly. Is the state now defining its own religious canon? This is not about faith. It is about government power, coercion, and the constitutional danger of the state deciding what our children must believe, rather than what they must learn.

The Bible is sacred scripture. It is not a tool of the state.
And it should never be filtered, excerpted, reframed, or repackaged by a government agency.

[Mary Lowe @MaryDunlaphome]

All the education republican activist have respected and admired the late Charlotte Iserbyt for a good reason; she is right!! Texans clamoring for tax relief will think they are helping themselves. But totally a deception,they are eliminating local government,&amp; local authority.

[Hollie Plemons @Hollie_Plemons]

ZERO elected officials in the Texas Senate & House can say they didn’t know that the voucher bill would fund millions of taxpayers money to the private CCP & Muslim/Islam schools. I personally told them.

Voters, refuse to be gaslit.

This wasn’t a mistake, it was deliberate because @GregAbbott_TX is a true WEF globalist on a mission to destroy Texas.

Due the 2022 SCOTUS ruling in Carson v. Makin I don’t see how private Islam schools can legally be excluded. Only way to stop it is to end the voucher bill & install a tax exemption school choice bill….like I told them all BEFORE they voted on it.

#facts

[Karla Gant ⭐️⭐️⭐️ @karlagant1973]

Get our Texas kids off the devices and back to books, paper and pencils.
Our legislators boast about Parent Empowerment but the best empowerment is interacting with our children and their homework with a book at the kitchen table.

[Nickitruesdell @nickitruesdell]

I want to encourage the moms and dads who are looking for a completely online, hands-off homeschooling program -- please don't.

I don't want to sound harsh, so hear me out...

You might be thinking you're too busy for this homeschool gig, or that you aren't qualified to really be the teacher. You may be looking for an effortless way to get your kids out of public school. I totally understand these feelings. I want your kids out of public school, too.

But let me encourage you to see how the effort is so worth it.

You don't have to have a teaching degree to help your child with math. (Homeschool curriculum always comes with a teacher guide, and the answers!) You don't have to remember your world history to dig into exciting history lessons with your children. (Most homeschooling parents are astounded at how much they like history now that they have access to great resources!) You don't have to remember how to diagram sentences to oversee grammar lessons. (Remember: answer key!)

While most kids are certainly capable of muddling through online lessons, that doesn't make them fun, or meaningful, or memorable. Children need YOU. They need accountability, encouragement, and very often they need a bit of help. Even the most "complete" software is no replacement for a parent.

I know this concept is foreign in a society that sends children off to be educated by someone else. It's a completely different mindset to be the educator. But moms and dads, you can --- and should --- be the educator. Even if you utilize online curriculum or video curriculum, be involved. Watch some lessons together. Check their work yourself. Discuss some of the topics. Add some family reading into the mix. Study the BIble together. Make it relational.