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@joshieg.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 6:34 PM

If every lab group gets identical results, nobody did science. Real science is messy data and kids arguing about why. The 'wrong' answer with good reasoning beats the copied right one. Hands-on or it didn't happen. #TeachersOfBluesky #ScienceEd #txed

@joshieg.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 2:43 AM

We test reading and math for four years, then act shocked when 5th graders can't think like scientists. You don't build science brains with worksheets in the grades that don't count. #TeachersOfBluesky #ScienceEducation #txed

@elizmarkowitz.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 11:32 PM

I was raised by a #teacher, and I’ve spent more than 20 years teaching myself. So talking with the Katy Area Retired Educators hit close to home.

#txlege #txed #HD26 #Eliz4TX #FortBendCounty

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@elizmarkowitz.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 1:35 PM

“…12 Texas universities and colleges moved more than 10 spots from last year's national rankings, with some shifting by nearly 40 places.”

Restricting academic freedom, reducing funding, & villainizing educators leads to decline.

Who could’ve known?! 👀🙄
#txlege #txed
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@raiseyourhandtexas.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 3:30 PM

From your local school board to statewide races, this November's election will decide who represents you. Are you registered to vote? Make a plan at http://raiseyourhandtexas.org/vote.

#GOTV #TxEd

@tepsatalk.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 1:01 PM

TEPSA's Student Leadership Workshops are the only statewide student leadership workshop of its kind, designed exclusively for 4th-7th grade student leaders and their advisors.

Learn more: www.tepsa.org/student-coun...

#WeLeadTX #TXed #education

@houmanitarian.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 12:12 PM

Is Houston now Heusten?!

#HISD school parents find AI produced teaching material spelled it that way. And thats far from the only problem found in teaching materials purchased by TEA’s state takeover managers. #txlege #txed 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

@tsta-nea.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 10:43 PM

New data from @OSODTexas show how tax-payer funded vouchers are going to schools where faith dictates access through admission priority, tuition rates & enrollment eligibility. Read the full report: bit.ly/OSOD_Voucher... #txlege #txed

New report!
Private school vouchers: choice on paper, not in practice.
45% of the reviewed voucher-accepting private schools are religious.
Religious affiliation is the most common structural factor influencing a family's access to a private school under the reviewed schools participating in the voucher program.
Religion is the dominant gatekeeper affecting admission priority, preferential tuition pricing and continued enrollment. Also, families from a different faith may not feel comfortable applying.

@osodtexas.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 6:45 PM

While the Comptroller seeks 2x funding for vouchers based on a waitlist, the most important data is the experience of TX families.

Our new report analyzes 221 private schools accepting vouchers, with more choice on paper than in practice: bit.ly/OSOD_VoucherReview

#txlege #txed

Infographic summarizing a new report that Texas’ voucher program offers "more choice on paper than in practice," finding many voucher-accepting private schools serve only pre-K/kindergarten, are religious, don’t post tuition, and raise special-education concerns.

Report infographic titled "Choice on paper, not in practice" showing a new analysis that religion is the dominant gatekeeper to families' access to private schools under Texas voucher programs, citing faith-based admission priority, tuition differences, enrollment rules, and examples of faith requirements like parish membership, church attendance, and behaviors aligned with doctrinal expectations.

A graphic showing that tuition costs at reviewed private schools reached $49,000, with 51% of schools not posting tuition on their website and nearly half of those that do post tuition exceeding the base voucher amount.

A graphic showing the multi-step admissions process at many Texas private schools, including scheduling a campus tour, submitting an application, passing an academic assessment, interviewing with school leadership, and passing a subjective evaluation for "right fit" at the private school

@houmanitarian.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 1:35 AM

Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick wants the same machinery that put HoustonISD under state control now wired into school library shelves. Local control by districts, once GOP gospel, could soon be swept away by a single book shelving error.
Via @HoustonChron
#TxLege #TxEd