Saphron Advocacy demands Congress Reject Assault on Public Education
Join Saphron Initiative, the National Campaign for Justice, and coalition partners in pushing against the federal anti-education bill HR899.
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Saphron Initiative
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Saphron Initiative
@wearesaphron
Leading student-led organization in U.S. public education advocacy & ed policy • working with school divisions & elected officials for education justice 📚
Washington, D.C. Katılım Eylül 2021
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Minimum voucher system oversight should be:
✅ All public school testing reqs
✅ Background checks for teachers
✅ Annual school financial audits
✅ Written reason for expulsion or admission denial filed at state
✅ Offer IEP/504
✅ Open bid for middleman vendors
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Linda McMahon's potential leadership at the Department of Education raises serious concerns about prioritizing corporate interests over student needs.
Read the latest from Saphron's David Sheng on The Edisco 👇
saphron.org/edisco/voucher…
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“Public education is the cornerstone of American democracy. We must reject a White House agenda – and any nominee – seeking to eliminate or weaken federal programs that support millions of students and families in every state, territory, and district in our nation.”
Education Law Center@EdLawCenter
Statement of Education Law Center Executive Director @Bob__Kim on the Nomination of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education edlawcenter.org/statement-of-e…
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North Carolina’s public school funding wasn’t always this bleak. So how did we get to this point?
Read the latest from Saphron's Siri Manneri in Edisco.
saphron.org/edisco/voucher…
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We're now verified on Bluesky.
Follow our new account @/saphron.org on Bluesky for the latest on the youth-led movement for education justice.
@bluesky
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The anti-Project 2025 education policy playbook for progressive states must include OFFENSE not just defense.
My top 10 offensive moves. What are yours?
Joshua Weishart@joshuaweishart
1.Fully & fairly fund public schools 2.Integrate schools, ban segregative "school choice" 3.Expand, infuse civics & SEL into curriculum 4.Address teacher alienation & constitutionalize #RightToTeach 5. #IEPsForAll These 5 informed by my research: bit.ly/2pjoffB 2/3
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In the Phoenix metro area, ProPublica found that the poorer the ZIP code, the fewer school vouchers are being used.
One reason?
Only 6 of the county’s 200+ private schools are in areas where families earn less than 50% of the county’s median income: propub.li/48Krz8B
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The argument against transparency from for-profit charter schools—like those in MI—is “schools will close!”
There’s no evidence that happens.
But what does happen is when the numbers don’t work for the business they close anyway—leaving kids to scramble.
cbsnews.com/detroit/news/r…
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ELC supports the Wisconsin state superintendent's proposal for a much-needed increase to 90% for special education reimbursements. We crunched the data, explained the problem and recommended an urgent increase in our 2022 report Wisconsin's Special Education Funding Crunch.
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“They’re not going to stop” just because voters said to do so.
I talked to @propublica —which as usual gets the stakes—about the voucher lobby’s loss in all 3 states where vouchers were on the direct ballot👇
propublica.org/article/school…
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Our statement on Constitutional Amendment 2.
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Kentucky, thank you for voting to keep public dollars in public schools.
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Kentucky students have strong feelings about Amendment 2.
They've written in newspapers across the state, from major dailies to high school papers, about why they oppose spending public money on private schools.
Here is a sampling. #VoteNoOn2 1/
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PragerU is a propaganda mill claiming
- slavery was a justified “compromise”
- slavery didn’t cause the Civil War
- there’s no link b/w oil & climate change
- Columbus is a hero, not an enslaver
- New Deal prolonged the Depression
- America was founded a Christian nation
OK State Dept of Ed@oksde
REMINDER: The Oklahoma Department of Education has partnered with @prageru to bring your children high-quality reading and entertainment materials rich in American History and Values! Be sure to visit the link below to read more about our partnership here and explore all other Social Studies materials on the SDE website: sde.ok.gov/social-studies
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Cutting Education = Flunking the Future📉#DYK The House's bill slashes education funding for 2025, jeopardizing teacher jobs, classroom resources & student aid. Don't flunk the future. Urge Congress to invest in education NOW at cef.org/advocacy/
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Universal private school vouchers could cost KY up to $1.19 billion a year.
That money is likely to be taken from public schools. But let’s say KY somehow found new money for education. Vouchers are not the best use for it.
Here are 7 better ways to invest in kids and schools.
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Imagine if our city had a 3,775% increase in the education budget. Or the housing agency's budget. Or funding for mental health care.
Had to fight to keep libraries open, our schools have been defunded, we can't get HPD to enforce the law, but 3,775% increase for NYPD overtime.
Emily Galvin-Almanza@GalvinAlmanza
What happens when you make a cop mayor of NYC? Police overtime goes from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million now. gothamist.com/news/nypd-over…
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All things KY could do, but hasn’t.
Vote NO on Amendment 2. Fully fund public schools instead.
Adrian Ezell@NCAEPressSec
Things we could do instead of funding vouchers: - 8.5% teacher raises - $1,500 rentention bounses - Hire more TA's & counselors
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