We have to do better for our students.
To do better for our students, we have to do better for our teachers.
Pay that competes with the private sector.
The freedom to do their jobs without partisan interference.
Adequate funding for their classrooms.
Trust in their expertise.
Total student debt = $1.75 trillion.
That's about to 2 years of U.S. military spending.
Studies show:
▪️ Black, Latino students rely more on loans
▪️ Median Black borrower still owes 95% of balance 20 years later
▪️ Causes: systemic inequality in income, generational wealth
ADDITIONALLY you look like the type of person who goes to a grocery store & when you change your mind on a cold item, you put it in the soda fridge by the checkout instead of giving it to the cashier bc it’s a refrigerator so “who cares”
you look like the type of person who goes to retail stores & messes up nicely folded clothes bc you weren’t sure if you actually liked it (you didn’t)
In light of some of the conflicting reports, there are a lot of questions about the law enforcement response to Robb Elementary.
Regardless of what we learn, it’s underlining a core fact: Law enforcement are not always prepared to respond to weapons of war. #Uvalde#txlege
The death toll continues to climb in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, but already it is the second-deadliest shooting at an elementary, middle or high school on record in the U.S. https://t.co/lSxmgi0d56
A gunman killed 19 children and 2 teachers at an elementary school in #Uvalde, Texas — the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook almost 10 years ago.
Most students at Robb Elementary School are ages 7-10.
It is at least the 27th school shooting in the U.S. of 2022.
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tampons, pads, diapers, & toilet paper
(2,2) have embraced the White Supremacy that motivated this killer and who share imagery that leads troubled youth to think this is Ok. As I heard about this today, I could not stop thinking about the holiday photo of @RepThomasMassie & family last year. There are consequences.
(1,2) 18 years old. An AR 15. Body armor. Don't act shocked. It is all easily accessible to the next person who wants to do this. We have a gun problem in America. We have a White Supremacy problem in America. Sadly, we currently have Governors, Senators, & Congressman who
I’m disgusted. Another example of white supremacy alive & well in America. Domestic terrorism that will once again be labeled as a hate crime committed by someone that is “mentally ill”
My heart goes out to everyone in Buffalo & all of my friends & their families that are there. I can’t believe that this happened so close to somewhere I called home.
BREAKING: The death toll has risen to 10 in a mass shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. https://t.co/N08wAwjwNc