Eric Pierce, Ed.D.

Public education advocate.

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

What a great comfort it is to know wherever you go, God has gone before you. Whoever you meet, God already knows them better than you do. Whatever the challenge, he has prepared you for it. Whenever it seems too rough or too uncertain, his faithfulness is constant. #Isaiah45

[Wade Stanford @wadestanford]

Courage doesn’t mean you won’t feel fear. It means fear won’t be your leader. God will!!

#ChristianEducators

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

Visibility increases accountability. #leadershipmindset

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

A manager tolerates talent at the cost of culture. But, a leader protects the culture at the cost of their own comfort. #leadershipmindset

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

Mr. Adams is going above and beyond this Saturday morning with some AP Biology test prep. #scoreafive #EISDtellingourstory @ennis_high

[Wade Stanford @wadestanford]

Great leaders know progress is often quiet—small, steady steps stacking over time. What feels slow is growth taking root. Be great today!
#leadership #leadlap #CelebratED #JoyfulLeaders #WarmDemanders #CrazyPLN #edchat #satchat #suptchat

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

If a teacher’s lesson makes it to the dinner table, it’s a win. #goldstandard

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

Data without connection is just noise. #CanYouHearMeNow

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

Men’s first Friday bible stufy.

James (1-4) doesn’t sugarcoat faith — he challenges it.
✔️ Faith isn’t just what you believe, it’s how you live.
✔️ Trials produce strength, not defeat.
✔️ Words matter. Pride destroys. Humility heals.
✔️ You can’t chase the world & expect peace

[Troy Mooney @TroyMooney]

The release of the 2023 STAAR ratings without any prominent acknowledgement that the rules were changed in the middle of the game is a gut punch. Paired together with the fact we all now know that no one at the legislature cares about STAAR since it was a bargaining chip and also excluded from all ESA/voucher bills makes it even worse.

[GenAlpha Mom @TexasOurTaxes]

Thank you for your courage. Thank you for representing our conservative values @lynnsdavenport

[Wade Stanford @wadestanford]

Great leaders know that to understand others, observe what they value. To understand yourself, reflect on what you long for. Be great today!
#leadership #SmallDistrictDoingBigDistrictThings #suptchat #leadlap #CelebratED #JoyfulLeaders #WarmDemanders #CrazyPLN #edchat #satchat

[Senator Roland Gutierrez @RolandForTexas]

The solution to fixing Texas public schools is funding them and treating teachers with respect, not sending a billion dollars to wealthy private schools. #txlege

[Michelle Rinehart @DrMRinehart]

Why would our state leaders intentionally manufacture and propagate inaccurate, inflated per student funding numbers??

1️⃣ To increase the amount a voucher “should” receive. 🤦‍♀️

2️⃣ To advance the false narrative that TX schools are *overfunded.* 🤦‍♀️

#TxLege #TxEd #RuralEdLeaders

[David DeMatthews @DrDeMatt]

Who would choose an education policy that failed in other states? TX parents have the right to know this is an expensive, failed policy that will almost entirely benefit wealthy parents already sending their kids to private schools. @GinaForAustin @jamestalarico @RoyceWestTX @MomsAGAbbott @TexasAFT @UnionmanTX @dsknight84 @joshcowenMSU @RYHTexas @DisRightsTx @txstateteachers @tasanet @tepsamark #txlege

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

Listen to this, minutes 31-40. She speaks on the truths behind vouchers, education funding inadequacies, and how charter schools continue to expand. But, public schools haven’t had a per student funding increase since 2019….
https://t.co/U4If1ZCQuq

[Jasper Scherer @jaspscherer]

At @TheTexanNews panel on public ed & school choice, @DrewDarbyTX went on a tirade of sorts against education savings accounts, starting w/ nomenclature: "This has never been about choice."

Supporters "continue to use that word that polls so highly w/the public," he said #txlege

[Troy Mooney @TroyMooney]

The concept of school choice is hard for some. Here is a question that will provide clarity:

If I have a voucher/ESA and your school has space, and I want to attend, but you won’t accept me, Is that School Choice to you?

Because that is not school choice to me. So if that is what you want, then just call it School’s choice or maybe School Application?

[Troy Mooney @TroyMooney]

The whole Texas ed approach that “we don’t pay for enrollment only attendance” is undergirded at best by ignorance of fixed costs and business sense and at worst by outright hostility to public ed.

Then when you see that the proposed vouchers/ESAs have no attached attendance requirements the picture is even more clear.

“But if we pay for enrollment, the school won’t make kids come!!!”

Really, that’a what your faulty logic tells you? First, what can the school do to “make” a parent do anything? And, 2nd It is already in a school’s best interest that students are present due to accountability penalties (which are still in place even without ratings).

[Dr. Zandra Jo Galván 🩷 @zjgalvan]

This ❤️

[Eric Pierce, Ed.D. @theericpierce]

@DrLongFrog It doesn’t get much clearer than this. ‘We already have school choice’.

https://t.co/myDVhsASCh