lethabou

Director Education Justice Alliance

[lethabou @lethabou]

.@RepDeborahRoss As the budget bill goes back to you, public school students need you to stick up for their futures. Vote NO on private school voucher tax credits. Vote NO on cutting healthcare, food assistance and green energy while giving millions in handouts to billionaires.

[NCDPI Superintendent Mo Green @MoGreenNCDPI]

Public schools are the heart of our communities, providing essential educational services to our 1.5 million @ncpublicschools students and serving as a top-five employer in every North Carolina county. #nced #ncpol
Full statement on @usedgov cuts ⬇️

[Schott Foundation for Public Education @SchottFound]

"You can't do the work of education justice, racial justice, without building relationships that are foundational in building trust." Thank you @lethabou for these words.

[Public School Forum @theNCForum]

#NCED Early voting has begun in North Carolina! Before heading to the polls, view the 2024 NCGA Candidate Survey to see where candidates stand on key education policy issues.

Find your district and view candidates' responses: https://t.co/ThaE3qvjmo

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

NC's state legislators recently tripled funding for school vouchers.

It's one more in a long series of public education coffin-nail policies dating back to when Republicans including @SenatorBerger & @NCHouseSpeaker took over the state legislature in 2010. #ncga #ncga #nced 🧵

[lethabou @lethabou]

I wish I could say I was surprised.

[Keung Hui @nckhui]

Wake County school board member Wing Ng, who did not attend last week's implicit bias workshop, says he's never based people on external characteristics and that he judges people based on the content of their character. #wcpss

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

I still can’t believe someone could stab this precious little boy 26 times. The knife was still in him at the hospital. The monster that murdered him said he’s been watching the news and wanted to eliminate a Palestinian before they grow up. I hold our politicians and media responsible. Wake up. There are hundreds more you are killing. I’m sorry we failed you Wadea.

#WadeaAlFayoume

[Amir Whitaker @DrKnuckyEsq]

#SB274 is officially law. CA is the first state to end/abolish suspensions for “will defiance” in K-12 school. Students were deprived of tens of thousands of hours of their education over the years for dress code violations, eating candy, or “talking back”. A new days has come!

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson omitted on his last ethics filing that his wife now sits on the boards of three charter schools.

Robinson holds a vote on the State Board of Ed which makes decisions made regarding North Carolina charter schools. #nced #ncpol https://t.co/Q8ERHU9EtW

[James E. Ford, PhD ❤️🔱🖤 @JEFordNCTOY]

OMG!!!

[Schott Foundation for Public Education @SchottFound]

Education justice can encompass a lot: what does it mean to you?

[Rep. Marcia Morey @marciahmorey]

And there you have it. A budget that gives taxpayer money to private schools, make the courts answer to the legislature, destroys public records, creates secret police and depletes revenue. Can’t say it was worth a 3 month delay. The only good thing is Medicaid expansion.

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

Now would be a great time for State Superintendent Catherine Truitt to make good on her campaign promise and come out in opposition to the Republican voucher expansion plan.
#nced #ncga #ncpol cc @CTruittNCDPI

[Billy Ball @Billy_K_Ball]

As everyone flips about the stuff in the NC General Assembly budget:

A reminder the legislature doesn't have to negotiate a budget behind closed doors for months and then drop a massive document on us hours before a vote.
#ncpol #ncga

[HEAL Together @healschools]

"A healthy democracy requires all of us to show up with bright & open minds. If you studied history, you will know that authoritarianism requires the exact opposite. Authoritarianism tells us don't question authority, dont even bother thinking, it will be taken care of for you."

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

It was a pleasure to talk with @BisforBerkshire for a really comprehensive new episode of @HaveYouHeardPod on how policymakers are systematically wrecking public ed in NC. #nced #ncpol @JEFordNCTOY @RaSekel @lethabou @MrRDPierce

Give it a listen! 🍎

https://t.co/ZpyVgGbMvz

[lethabou @lethabou]

The way folks be posturing with their fake concern for children while simultaneously denying the children funding for their public schools really burns me up!
#nced #LeadwithLeandro

[James E. Ford, PhD ❤️🔱🖤 @JEFordNCTOY]

Boosting this every time I see it on my timeline

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

Y'all need to see what your public tax dollars are supporting w/the @NCGOP school voucher program.

Rep. @TriciaCotham and her partners want to triple the funding of this program, until North Carolinians are spending more than half a billion $ a year on it. #nced #ncpol #ncga

[Jeff Bryant @jeffbcdm]

I'm breaking this story today about how the money and power behind the 'school choice' industry led a prominent Democrat to knife her party in the back. https://t.co/2QG6LjAh46 @carolburris @ForwardCarolina @EducationNC @PoliticsNC @Network4pubEd @ncpolicy @DianeRavitch 1/4