Sunday, February 11, 2018

#BlowingTheWhistle

Last week, Empower Texans sent a letter to a number of Texas educators asking them to be "whistleblowers" against districts that used school resources to encourage people to vote. Empower Texans is a highly conservative group that is also vocally pro school choice/voucher and supports candidates with this same stance. 

Instead of firing back angrily, Texas educators decided to turn the tables instead. They took to Twitter this week to "blow the whistle" on the great things that public educators are doing.

The next step is for Texas educators and public education supporters to get to the polls and vote for pro-education candidates in the primaries, particularly the Republican primaries, in March.  



I’m #blowingthewhistle on my teacher friends who spend extra hours, use their own money, and lose sleep trying to ensure that their students have the best learning environment possible. (@bbcorno)

Hey @EmpowerTexans I’m #blowingthewhistle on our Sped teachers and aides who work with students across every grade level and subject no matter the students disability all in a public school setting with no vouchers needed. (@bagrumbles)

Hey @empowertexans I'm #blowingthewhistle on my daughter's kinder teacher and all the parents who chip in our own money to buy snacks for her class, so everyone can have enough brain power throughout the day to learn to read and no one goes hungry. (@mrsbriggle)

Hey, @EmpowerTexans, I’m #blowingthewhistle on @Roxanne_Will & all the librarians who make sure kids have the books they love to read. #blockvote (@breckq)

@EmpowerTexans #blowingthewhistle on teachers who will stop at nothing to get students with disabilities the services they deserve Bc we want to see them SUCCEED #blockvote #txed #TxLege (@heyitsjay14)


Hey, @EmpowerTexans, I'm #blowingthewhistle on every teacher working late tonight and heading in early tomorrow, staying late, spending their own money on classroom needs and somehow staying relentlessly positive day in and day out... #txed #txlege (@JoelNihlean)

@EmpowerTexans I’m #blowingthewhistle on my colleagues and myself who love our students like our own kids. We do more than just teach, we build relationships. We spend our own $ on supplies and foster a safe environment in our classrooms. (@celintx55)

@EmpowerTexans I am #blowingthewhistle on a teacher who takes her student’s clothes home to wash every Friday afternoon so they will have clean clothes to wear on Monday morning. #ETgohome (@CajunTexan77)

@EmpowerTexans I am #blowingthewhistle on my math team. We all completely turned our classrooms into operating rooms when teaching ‘order of operations.’ The kids had their own surgical masks and caps, simulated operating room sounds...the works! (@CarolJFernandez)

I am #blowingthewhistle on my children's teachers. They are a second mom/ dad to them while they are at school. They love them, push them, and grow them. @EmpowerTexans go slink back to whatever rock you came from (@CounselorCG1)

Hey @EmpoweringTexans I’m #blowingthewhistle on all the dedicated paraprofessionals who serve kids faithfully despite being paid so little. (@breckq)

Public educators in Texas are doing great things, often with very limited materials or funding. If it will benefit a child, Texas public school educators will do it. That's just who we are. Don't ever let the words and actions of those who don't support public education change that.

3 comments:

  1. I am #blowingthewhistle on teachers like my daughter that spends hersummers and her money fixing herkinder classroom making it cozy and fun for her new students every year. She also spends most of her free time making bilingual resources to enhance her lessons because she wants hr students to b succ. @empowertexans @esthercitarod02

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  2. She sounds like many of the teachers I know. Thanks for the comment

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  3. I am #blowingthewhistle on teachers like my daughter that spends hersummers and her money fixing herkinder classroom making it cozy and fun for her new students every year. She also spends most of her free time making bilingual resources to enhance her lessons because she wants hr students to b succ. @empowertexans @esthercitarod02

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