DE BadassTeachers

BATs is a pro-public education/social justice advocacy ACTIVIST group. Education justice IS social justice, IS racial justice. The three cannot be separated.

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

If you have wondered why the "science of" reformers and marketers attack Freire ...

https://t.co/UFpMawoPZf

[leonie haimson @leoniehaimson]

“It makes me furious,” said Pace, a member of Schools Beyond Screens. “My daughter went to middle school and was sent home with a screen addiction in her backpack.” https://t.co/Imzfi9hylK

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

Arne Duncan selling Trump’s federal school voucher plan in Massachusetts today. A lil awkward since Arizona Senator Mark Kelly just filed a bill calling for a repeal of the program he says will be a disaster for public schools & the kids who depend on them

[James Patterson @JP_Books]

I'm partnering with Scholastic to give $200k to teachers ($200 to 1,000 teachers)!

The link to enter is here: https://t.co/Bx5x9jXPXT . The website for entries will close the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week: 5/8/26.

What are you waiting for? Go enter!

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

If Hungarian strongman Victor Orban goes down today, education will be a big part of the story. Turns out that voters really don't like the combo of starving schools of resources while turning them into propoganda tools. Sound familiar?

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

If the Texas GOP loses its grip on the legislature there'll be lots of reasons. But a big & underappreciated one is school vouchers -- deeply unpopular w/ Dems and many conservatives. Irony here is that school choice lobby got its big prize but state may turn blue(r) as a result

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

Education reform is essentially political

“Science of” reformers do not want only policy and practice grounded in scientific evidence

They want their stories and beliefs to drive policy and practice

They balk at any evidence contradicting their stories/beliefs

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

Did States Blow 10s of Millions on Reading Instruction that Doesn’t Work?: The Full Story https://t.co/BnDY0Yyk4T

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

The 'Southern Surge' states remain the absolute worst places for kids--by design. I wrote about what so many of the Mississippi takes keep missing (also by design) https://t.co/AHeStZaeYC

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

On Miracles in Mississippi https://t.co/XCmyx42znL

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

Big Lies of Education: Series https://t.co/JsQg0jeiGd

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

So much for focusing on the bad hombres…

[Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary) @SpockResists]

It is so blatant now.

Yet they still don’t get it.

That even their own racism was created for them by the wealthy to keep them poor.

Will they ever get it?

[Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦📚🌈🗽🌹🇨🇱❤️ @DianeRavitch]

Speak up against the gutting of the Department of Education!! Open the link and there's a form that will be emailed to your Congressperson and Senators. Sent by the Network for Public Education Action!

https://t.co/UYxC72ckdo

[Thomas Ultican @tultican]

Nancy Flanagan takes a look at the attendance problem bothering public and charter school policy observers. https://t.co/5HF4GbMSXN #EducationMatters

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

Media Manufactured Education Crisis? You Can Count on It https://t.co/2PSFn1Npoy via @plthomasEdD

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

From what we can tell Mamdani walked into that office, stood there quietly, spoke when spoken to, and allowed Donald Trump to basically destroy any opportunity that the Republicans planned on using moving forward. https://t.co/bXFVoXzPBj

He admitted he was a fascist, and then on top of it told everybody that Mamdani was nothing like the stuff that was said about him during the campaign.

Is he a Jihadist?

“ no I don’t think so”

This might be the simplest and easiest takedown of Donald Trump since he became president. I mean, the press conference wrote itself.

[Pastors for Children @pastors4txkids]

So proud of our close friend Gigi Cervantes in taking a bold stand of conscience against the Christian Nationalism (neither Christian nor American) of @GregAbbott_TX's & @danpatrick's Ten Commandments bill. #txlege #txed

Defeat this in #2026Elections!

https://t.co/hBSQjbm7Dg

[Houston Education Association-TSTA/NEA @houston_tsta]

Doing what's best for the kids is always the right choice, even if it costs you your job. When your results are 3x better than Mike Miles' "prison curriculum," that's just the cherry on top. 🍒 #EducationMatters #StandUpForKids

[andrea @teachbk]

How many opportunities for good teaching are lost every day due to bad curriculum?

It's been 3 years since the changeover and I'm still finding my way back to what works