Fed Up with 50th

Mississippi voters are FED UP with being forever 50th in education! If you are #FedUpWith50th, join us to tell Jackson to fully fund the MAEP--now.

[The Parents' Campaign @ParentsCampaign]

���The vast majority of universal voucher recipients were already in private schools before getting vouchers. Florida's 2023 universal voucher program merely awarded taxpayer $$ to subsidize families for a choice they had already made & were paying for.”
https://t.co/VOkAPoayxH

[The Parents' Campaign @ParentsCampaign]

“Public education is the foundation of local communities. Redirecting tens of millions of public dollars to fund private choices inevitably weakens the public system that serves the vast majority of Mississippi children.” - @DJournalnow
#msleg #msedu
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[The Parents' Campaign @ParentsCampaign]

We'll be at the Capitol at 1 p.m. for the House's school choice meeting. We expect the committee to hear misleading testimony devised by voucher lobbyists, with no input from public school educators or supporters.

#msedu #msleg

[MS Dept of Education @MissDeptEd]

MDE and school districts in MS face a potential loss of $137M in federal funds due to the U.S. Department of Education’s recent decision to rescind its previously approved liquidation deadline of March 31, 2026, for COVID relief funds. Details https://t.co/tUyOOBtFCO. #MsEdu

[Toren Ballard @TorenBallard]

At a time when Mississippi teachers already earn some of the lowest salaries in the nation, the legislature is considering a proposal to slash retirement benefits for the next generation of public school teachers.
https://t.co/mMASc3Qcwt

[Toren Ballard @TorenBallard]

The biggest story in Mississippi politics that nobody's talking about: a proposal to gut retirement benefits for the next generation of public school teachers.

[The Parents' Campaign @ParentsCampaign]

9 out of the top 10 states for "school choice" have moved backward on national assessments in reading & math, while Mississippi has the most improvement of any state. School choice is a bad deal for children & a bad deal for taxpayers!

#msleg Vote NO on any school choice bill.

[The Parents' Campaign @ParentsCampaign]

The Mississippi Constitution is clear: taxpayer dollars may not be appropriated for private schools. The authors knew the greatest threat to public education was the siphoning of public funds to subsidize private schools.

#msleg #msedu #SayNoToVouchers

[The Parents' Campaign @ParentsCampaign]

Voucher pushers want you to believe that diverting state funds to private schools will create choices for children who don’t currently have them. The data tell us otherwise: https://t.co/j4WJRpCwXG #msleg #msedu

[Gene Bryant @GeneBryant2]

School vouchers are a high priority for TX Gov. Abbott. His legislation failed to pass in the last legislative session due to lack of support from rural Republicans who recognized the program would take away funding for their local school districts. https://t.co/niY6Caz8GS

[MSPublicEducationPAC @mspepac]

Do you know who your legislators are? Find out at Common Cause: https://t.co/RkWRIPrRGP #PublicSchoolProud #MSPEPAC

[MSPublicEducationPAC @mspepac]

Now that the Mississippi Legislature is in session, our focus is on communicating with our legislators. Let your Senators and Representatives know that support for public schools is a top priority. https://t.co/Gj9QQRxMUx
#MSPEPAC

[James Dickson @SomeSweetVandal]

@jallen1985 @TorenBallard @JeremyEnglandMS PERS is one of the reasons I didn’t bail into another non-teaching career.

[Toren Ballard @TorenBallard]

Interesting: Kentucky voters get to decide the future of vouchers/ESAs, as the state constitution currently forbids spending public dollars on private schools.

[Wayne Johnson @thirdhubert]

Excellent read. Don’t buy their lies…..vouchers are not for ‘the poor’. It is a scam and a money grab. I hope that we learn from other states’ mistakes. Let’s focus on improving our public school system!

[Amy Fennell @amyDfennell]

Here’s the issue with “school choice.” It doesn’t help poor or disabled children move to a better school bc private schools are not required to accept them. The school gets to choose who they accept, not the parent.

[The Digital Cowboy @TXDigitalCowboy]

There are many problems with public schools.

Unfortunately, those problems won’t be solved by subsidizing private schools.

And once those sweet, sweet public dollars start rolling in, private schools will be incentivized to raise their tuition.

[Calli Jones @Calli_Jones]

Public dollars belong in public schools.

[Josh Lowry @lowryforindiana]

Public funds should go to public schools.

Indiana public schools educate 93% of kids but only get 64% of public funds.

That’s bc “school choice” sends 36% of the education budget to subsidize private schools for 7% of kids.

I repeat: Public funds should go to public schools.

[Mississippi Today @MSTODAYnews]

The latest from Marshall Ramsey: Ho Ho No
https://t.co/4FZ6Wve7i5