John Michael Milton

Husband, father, Texan, Disney enthusiast, educator, taker of too many pictures of clouds & sunsets. 13.1 x 7.

[John Michael Milton @johnmmil10]

Every time! 😂

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Truth. 💯

[Bradley W. Carpenter @Brad_Carpenter]

Ask your Texas State Representatives who have aligned with our Governor to show actual empirical data supporting how vouchers positively impact communities. They cannot.

As a reminder, Republican and Democrat constituents from across rural Texas stood up for their communities and opposed vouchers.

What did our Governor do?

He ensured the Rural Representatives who stood up for their communities would be replaced by pouring money into their opponent's coffers.

That's not democracy. What the Governor did was not representative of what rural communities desire or need.

#truthmatters #datamatters #dataoverpolitics

#txlege

[ProPublica @propublica]

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.
https://t.co/dXp9EjhOAb

[John Michael Milton @johnmmil10]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary How can it be 15 years? 😮 Thought this place was going to implode on itself more than once, yet it manages to hang on. Hoping for brighter days ahead.

[John Michael Milton @johnmmil10]

Something to think about… https://t.co/2HxXjcx30C

[John Michael Milton @johnmmil10]

Or your office ceiling! @courtneypaint

[Quinlan ISD @QuinlanISD]

What makes Quinlan ISD give 100% as compared to other districts? 100% of TIA goes to teachers who earn the designation, 100% of QISD certified teachers are eligible to earn TIA, and 100% goes towards retirement! Come teach in Quinlan ISD! We care.

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Important! 🙌

[Bobby Ott @OttTempleISD]

As ISDs are preparing for budgets, remember TX has no financial crisis, but rather a manufactured political crisis used as an excuse to not fund schools. We will watch the bad actions of a few effect many selfless people that will be casualties of budget cuts. Poor legacy indeed.

[RaiseYourHandTexas @RYHTexas]

Want to support your local school?

✏️ 🏫 Make your plan and vote in the Texas primary elections on March 5 to support our public schools 🗳️ https://t.co/vdyB8Dgdg5
#TxEd #TxLege #PrimaryElections #GOTV #GetOutTheVote

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Chromebooks aren’t inherently bad and either are worksheets.

It is the misuse of both that is the problem.

[Matt Renwick @ReadByExample]

High quality instructional practices > high quality instructional materials

[John Michael Milton @johnmmil10]

Be informed and be prepared to cast that ballot!

[RaiseYourHandTexas @RYHTexas]

Public education is always on the ballot. Learn more about getting involved in Texas’ March 5 primary elections. #VotingMatters #TxEd #TxLege #GOTV https://t.co/ZVCg7CCVCv

[TCEA @TCEA]

1️⃣1️⃣ Things Coaches Should Look For in Classroom Observations

https://t.co/uhTyUwPTE7 via @ms_houser
#educoach #edutwitter #k12

[Monty Exter @ATPE_MontyE]

This is what a Texas hero looks like. @RaneyForTexas
#txed #txlege @OfficialATPE @Texans4E

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Vouchers don’t help poor kids — they just help rich parents who already send their kids to private school.

I asked if Greg Abbott’s voucher scam would give $80,000 to wealthy CEOs.

The answer was YES. #txlege

[Troy Mooney @TroyMooney]

Do folks really believe this? School difficulty has increased (look at assessment questions). We include all types of learners now in assessment results and also keep them in school (look at grad rates). Students are now earning Certifications and Associate degrees. Etc. Do some folks think no improvement at all since 1970? Not a serious statement and why most folks promoting vouchers are simply not informed or sadly deliberately misinforming.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Greg Abbott is trying to defund our schools with a private school voucher scam.

Not on our watch.

Today I joined my colleagues to introduce the Fully Fund our Future Act which will invest in ALL students and give every teacher a $15,000 raise. #txlege

[John Michael Milton @johnmmil10]

Worth the read! ⬇️

[Troy Mooney @TroyMooney]

Why are longtime conservative educators like me (lifelong R voter who voted for Abbott), posting and sharing this video?

Here is why:

Last Fall @GovAbbott recognized the statewide shortage of teachers, calling a special commission to address the issue. He was focused on public ed. But then, at some point he became fixated on vouchers and launched his Private school only tour where he began denouncing public ed calling us “Educrats” and indoctrinators.

His actions were then echoed by many in #txlege who began affirming their west texas donors. They started clout chasing voucher lobbyists (with photo ops, using their catchphrases) and blasting public school supporters as Anti Family and Anti-Freedom.

Then came the actual voucher bills in March.

The bills did not (and do not) actually guarantee any choice for parents. That could be remedied, but instead they created a choice only for the schools.

Further they exempted private schools from all the accountability and other compliance mandates which were being used to criticize schools.

“PubEd test scores are bad”—but voucher bills removed state testing requirements

“PubEd schools have too many admin”-but voucher bills exempted all the compliance, reporting, and mandates that require more admin etc.

Then there were the actual bill hearings where many #txlege used their time to fawn over lobbyists while blasting actual fellow conservative public school leaders

The icing was the recent public admission that the Governor is dangling any raise for teachers as a “carrot” for getting vouchers passed.

So here we are. Me, a long time R voter with Public, Private, and Charter service now finding alignment with the remaining pro public ed republicans and also leading Democrats, but largely abandoned by the state leadership.

[Jim Boyle @JimGBoyle]

Robert Bortins provides Christian homeschool programs for 6,000+ families. He asks, “Since when is relying on the government to subsidize healthy, middle-class and rich families a conservative policy?” As he points out, it is not. @joshcowenMSU