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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
Mar 24
At a moment when immigration enforcement is creating fear and instability across our country, denying children access to education only makes matters worse. We will not accept extreme anti-immigration policies. #txlege
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
Mar 3
Excited for @IDRAedu #AlamoSTEM Youth Summit tmrw connecting 300 students w industry, education & community leaders for hands-on STEM learning, college & career exploration. Strengthening local talent pipelines starts when youth can see possibilities. bit.ly/4rOLxaY
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.@IDRAedu and @TxTLEEC members support students' rights to peacefully express themselves in defense of their futures, their friends and their families. #StudentWalkouts
🪧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/TLEECSu…
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
Feb 2
We are joining @OSODTexas & public education supporters across the state for a week of action from February 2 to February 6 to call on the state to put transparency first, protect taxpayer dollars, and ensure fairness for public school students. #txlege bit.ly/VoucherWeekOfAction
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This TN report on their school voucher program shows why data on these programs is so important for us to know what students participate, where they go and how they are learning. The TX program needs stronger data reporting rules to provide this type of transparency.
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…
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
16 Sep 2025
✨ #BigGive2025 kicks off tomorrow at 6 PM, but early giving is already making change possible. At IDRA, impact starts in micro-moments: a student seen, a voice heard, a future sparked. šŸŽ Give now: thebiggivesa.org/organizatio… #StudentVoice #WhyIGive #SupportPublicSchools
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In addition to policy and community engagement, @IDRAedu leads in-school programs that offer leadership development, STEM training, and peer support. Pls consider giving for the #BigGive2025 to support these important programs and policy change!
10 Sep 2025
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. āž”ļø Join us: thebiggivesa.org/organizatio… #IDRA #EducationJustice #StudentVoice #SupportEquity
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
8 Sep 2025
šŸ“¢ Unfortunately, Texas is moving forward with its first statewide private school voucher program, and the proposed rules are flawed and could discriminate against students. You have until September 20th to submit public comment! #txlege idra.news/ActionVoucherRules…
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As I was just prompted to fill out my parental permissions for my son's school so he can get a bandaid and join a club, per Texas #SB12, remember that schools must still support ALL students to succeed and thrive. Here's the @IDRAedu explainer:
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
26 Aug 2025
🚨 Chaos confusion is spreading across TX campuses. Some students are being wrongly denied in-state tuition—even though they’re lawfully present. šŸ“š Students deserve the right to learn. šŸ—£ļø Webinar 8/28 @ 6:00PM CT → mobilize.us/unitedwedream/ev…
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
26 Aug 2025
Texas politicians just ended in-state tuition for undocumented students—a cruel repeal of the 24-year-old Texas Dream Act. Students deserve better. šŸ’”šŸ“šā€Ø šŸ—£ļø Join us 8/28 @ 6:00PM CT → mobilize.us/unitedwedream/ev…
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
ā€œIt’s a scary future, because if you have been to rural communities, you understand how foundational the school system is to the community,ā€ said Bellsnyder. ā€œAs we lose funding and our community schools aren’t as strong, then our communities will become weak as well.ā€ @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
ā€œInstead of providing this office with more capacity and more resources to do exactly what the executive order says — to make sure that everybody speaks English — they are doing the total opposite,ā€ Garibay said. washingtonpost.com/education…
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
19 Aug 2025
Hey Michigan, look to Arizona for the future that billionaires like Betsy DeVos want for our kids: A no-accountability school voucher scam where funding that used to go your neighborhood public school now goes to your neighbor’s underwear.
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
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Must read thread...
This #TxLege special session, @mayes_middleton's SB-12 would silence the advocacy efforts of #RuralTX and #RuralEd. This bill has been described as ā€œbanning taxpayer-funded lobbying,ā€ but it’s really about gutting #TxEd’s voice, particularly in Rural TX. A #TxLege 🧵.
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
NABE we ORGANIZED and made calls to our elected officials! We did it! Our English Leaner sts will receive Title III funds for FY25 @NABEorg We celebrate today and will keep ORGANIZING for the FY26 budget. #IdentifyEducateMobilize
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
šŸ“£ REMINDER! Senate Redistricting Hearings have begun! šŸŽ„ Watch live: senate.texas.gov/events.phpĀ  Ā  šŸ”“Happening now: šŸ”¹Regional focus: South and Central Texas including Bexar County, Travis County & the Rio Grande Valley regions 🧵 #txlege #redistricting #Texas
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
Special session update. Please join in person or watch live.
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
"School budgets are already very tight, so withholding funds for required programs such as those 4 English learners will certainly place a burden on school systems," 2024 National TOY @Missytesterman , an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor in TN abcnews.go.com/US/trump-admi…
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Chloe Latham Sikes retweeted
30 Jun 2025
UPDATE: I guess being a right-wing billionaire means never having to hear ā€œno.ā€ Betsy DeVos’s voucher scheme is back in the Senate bill after a few small tweaks to sneak through. This would ram vouchers into states that don’t want them.
27 Jun 2025
Great news for public school families—the Senate parliamentarian tossed Betsy DeVos’s private school voucher scheme out of the ā€œbig beautiful bill.ā€ 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.
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