Chloe Latham Sikes
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Advocate for equitable, quality public education 🏫. Ph.D in Educational Leadership & Policy🤓. Deputy Director of Policy @IDRAedu. She/her. All tweets my own.
🪧As students lead walkouts in defense of their neighbors, families & friends across Texas, these organizations that make up TLEEC stand with them in support of their right to peacefully protest against the violent atrocities being committed by ICE. idra-resource.center/TLEECSupportsS…
Tennessee’s Education Savings Account program was promoted as an option to help students from low-income families leave struggling public schools. A new report shows most kids getting ESA funding don’t match that description. chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026…
Early giving for #BigGive2025 starts NOW! You can help students code, speak out, & stand strong for justice in their schools. Be part of the story. Lift a voice. Spark change. ➡️ Join us: thebiggivesa.org/organizations/… #IDRA #EducationJustice #StudentVoice #SupportEquity
A @12News EXCLUSIVE: ESA home/private school parents used education tax dollars on diamond rings, Kenmore appliances, and even lingerie. They also bought 200 Apple iPhones, 50 smart TVs, and dozens of gift cards up to $500 each. Watch our exclusive at 4 and 6 p.m. on @12news
This #TxLege special session, @mayes_middleton's SB-12 would silence the advocacy efforts of #RuralTX and #RuralEd. This bill has been described as “banning taxpayer-funded lobbying,” but it’s really about gutting #TxEd’s voice, particularly in Rural TX. A #TxLege 🧵.
Great news for public school families—the Senate parliamentarian tossed Betsy DeVos’s private school voucher scheme out of the “big beautiful bill.” It’s going to be far harder for her to use a billionaire tax shelter to ram vouchers into Michigan and other states that said no.
