IDRA
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IDRA is an education non-profit that works to achieve equal education for every child. Envisioning a bright future for all students.
Working for #edequity in Texas, Georgia & across the U.S. South.
Working for #edequity in Texas, Georgia & across the U.S. South.
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We are joining @osodtexas.bsky.social & 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
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Proud to partner with @idraedu.bsky.social and Texans across the state for the Voucher Week of Action!
We are joining @osodtexas.bsky.social & 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/VoucherWeekO...
bit.ly/VoucherWeekO...
February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Proud to partner with @idraedu.bsky.social and Texans across the state for the Voucher Week of Action!
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We are joining @osodtexas.bsky.social & 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/VoucherWeekO...
bit.ly/VoucherWeekO...
February 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
We are joining @osodtexas.bsky.social & 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/VoucherWeekO...
bit.ly/VoucherWeekO...
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
We are joining @osodtexas.bsky.social & 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/VoucherWeekO...
bit.ly/VoucherWeekO...
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Are you ready to join the Voucher Week of Action next week?
Check out the toolkit at bit.ly/VoucherWeekOfAction and get ready to:
🏫 Celebrate our Texas public schools
📧 Contact your Texas lawmaker
✏️ Write an op-ed to your local paper
Check out the toolkit at bit.ly/VoucherWeekOfAction and get ready to:
🏫 Celebrate our Texas public schools
📧 Contact your Texas lawmaker
✏️ Write an op-ed to your local paper
January 30, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Are you ready to join the Voucher Week of Action next week?
Check out the toolkit at bit.ly/VoucherWeekOfAction and get ready to:
🏫 Celebrate our Texas public schools
📧 Contact your Texas lawmaker
✏️ Write an op-ed to your local paper
Check out the toolkit at bit.ly/VoucherWeekOfAction and get ready to:
🏫 Celebrate our Texas public schools
📧 Contact your Texas lawmaker
✏️ Write an op-ed to your local paper
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UPDATE: Due to the threat of inclement weather, we have made the decision to switch tomorrow's advocacy training to VIRTUAL ONLY.
Anyone registered for the in-person event MUST additionally register for the virtual option to receive the Zoom information: www.georgiaequality.org/advocacy2026
Anyone registered for the in-person event MUST additionally register for the virtual option to receive the Zoom information: www.georgiaequality.org/advocacy2026
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
UPDATE: Due to the threat of inclement weather, we have made the decision to switch tomorrow's advocacy training to VIRTUAL ONLY.
Anyone registered for the in-person event MUST additionally register for the virtual option to receive the Zoom information: www.georgiaequality.org/advocacy2026
Anyone registered for the in-person event MUST additionally register for the virtual option to receive the Zoom information: www.georgiaequality.org/advocacy2026
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All Risk, No Reward for Public Ed: What’s Ahead for the Federal Voucher Program pfps.org/all-risk,-no...
January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
All Risk, No Reward for Public Ed: What’s Ahead for the Federal Voucher Program pfps.org/all-risk,-no...
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Georgia’s voucher programs are riddled with gaps in accountability, transparency, and effectiveness. We need to get our house (and senate) in order before we go adding more privatization.
Read our whole statement here: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
#GaPol #EduPol
Read our whole statement here: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
#GaPol #EduPol
January 21, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Georgia’s voucher programs are riddled with gaps in accountability, transparency, and effectiveness. We need to get our house (and senate) in order before we go adding more privatization.
Read our whole statement here: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
#GaPol #EduPol
Read our whole statement here: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
#GaPol #EduPol
This week, Gov. Kemp announced that Georgia will opt into a federal private school voucher program that provides tax credits to donors to voucher organizations in the state. He made this decision without public input with the legislature.
Georgia students deserve better. #gapol
Georgia students deserve better. #gapol
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
This week, Gov. Kemp announced that Georgia will opt into a federal private school voucher program that provides tax credits to donors to voucher organizations in the state. He made this decision without public input with the legislature.
Georgia students deserve better. #gapol
Georgia students deserve better. #gapol
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ELC’s #MakingTheGrade shows vast regional differences in public school funding across the country. New York, the highest-funded state, spends about 2.5 times as much on K–12 education as Idaho, the lowest-funded state. Read more: edlawcenter.org/wp-content/u...
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
ELC’s #MakingTheGrade shows vast regional differences in public school funding across the country. New York, the highest-funded state, spends about 2.5 times as much on K–12 education as Idaho, the lowest-funded state. Read more: edlawcenter.org/wp-content/u...
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This Feb 2-Feb 6, join public education supporters for a statewide voucher week of action.
Together, we can show that Texans demand transparency, accountability, and fairness for public school students. Join the next phase of the fight: bit.ly/KeepVouchersOut.
#txed
Together, we can show that Texans demand transparency, accountability, and fairness for public school students. Join the next phase of the fight: bit.ly/KeepVouchersOut.
#txed
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This Feb 2-Feb 6, join public education supporters for a statewide voucher week of action.
Together, we can show that Texans demand transparency, accountability, and fairness for public school students. Join the next phase of the fight: bit.ly/KeepVouchersOut.
#txed
Together, we can show that Texans demand transparency, accountability, and fairness for public school students. Join the next phase of the fight: bit.ly/KeepVouchersOut.
#txed
“Private schools can say our religious beliefs or our moral beliefs dictate that having a gender identity or sexual orientation that doesn’t conform with traditional male-female binaries is against our religion.” - Paige Duggins-Clay, IDRA #txlege
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Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
“Private schools can say our religious beliefs or our moral beliefs dictate that having a gender identity or sexual orientation that doesn’t conform with traditional male-female binaries is against our religion.” - Paige Duggins-Clay, IDRA #txlege
www.texasobserver.org/texas-vouche...
www.texasobserver.org/texas-vouche...
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“Private schools can say our religious beliefs or our moral beliefs dictate that having a gender identity or sexual orientation that doesn’t conform with traditional male-female binaries is against our religion,” said Paige Duggins- Clay @idraedu.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“Private schools can say our religious beliefs or our moral beliefs dictate that having a gender identity or sexual orientation that doesn’t conform with traditional male-female binaries is against our religion,” said Paige Duggins- Clay @idraedu.bsky.social
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92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. @texasobserver.org found many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids. #TxEd #TxLege #TexasSchools #ProtectPublicSchools #SchoolVouchers www.texasobserver.org/texas-vouche...
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
www.texasobserver.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. @texasobserver.org found many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids. #TxEd #TxLege #TexasSchools #ProtectPublicSchools #SchoolVouchers www.texasobserver.org/texas-vouche...
✨Another year, another Georgia Legislative Session 📚
IDRA's team is back for another year of working to ensure every child can thrive in Georgia public schools. Here’s what we’ll focus on for the next 40 legislative days.
Read the full priorities: www.idra.org/education_po...
#gapol
IDRA's team is back for another year of working to ensure every child can thrive in Georgia public schools. Here’s what we’ll focus on for the next 40 legislative days.
Read the full priorities: www.idra.org/education_po...
#gapol
January 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
✨Another year, another Georgia Legislative Session 📚
IDRA's team is back for another year of working to ensure every child can thrive in Georgia public schools. Here’s what we’ll focus on for the next 40 legislative days.
Read the full priorities: www.idra.org/education_po...
#gapol
IDRA's team is back for another year of working to ensure every child can thrive in Georgia public schools. Here’s what we’ll focus on for the next 40 legislative days.
Read the full priorities: www.idra.org/education_po...
#gapol
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Check out NPE’s #SchoolVoucherScams - learn how vouchers bilk taxpayers, fail children, & funnel funding away from our public schools networkforpubliceduc... - we will update monthly w/ the latest #SchoolVoucherScam$ - share our hashtag & stories
Voucher School Scam$ - Network For Public Education
#SchoolVoucherScam$ is now an interactive research tool. Scandals can be sorted by category/state and searched with keywords.
networkforpubliceducation.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Check out NPE’s #SchoolVoucherScams - learn how vouchers bilk taxpayers, fail children, & funnel funding away from our public schools networkforpubliceduc... - we will update monthly w/ the latest #SchoolVoucherScam$ - share our hashtag & stories
Vouchers aren't free. They're fraud.
Vouchers cost us. They don't cover the full cost of private school tuition. Families pay the difference.
Public schools lose critical funding. Our communities deserve better.
Vouchers cost us. They don't cover the full cost of private school tuition. Families pay the difference.
Public schools lose critical funding. Our communities deserve better.
January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Vouchers aren't free. They're fraud.
Vouchers cost us. They don't cover the full cost of private school tuition. Families pay the difference.
Public schools lose critical funding. Our communities deserve better.
Vouchers cost us. They don't cover the full cost of private school tuition. Families pay the difference.
Public schools lose critical funding. Our communities deserve better.
“This is a college campus, and this is where students should be learning about history.”
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Black History Exhibit Disinvited By Texas State University - Blavity
A Black history exhibition had its invitation rescinded by Texas State University due to the “current climate” within the state and “certain topics covered as part of the museum,” according to univers...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
“This is a college campus, and this is where students should be learning about history.”
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BREAKING: We and partners demand Texas State University reverse its unconstitutional censorship of a renowned Black history exhibition.
Teaching Black history isn’t controversial — it’s necessary.
Teaching Black history isn’t controversial — it’s necessary.
Civil Rights Organizations Demand Texas State University Reissue Invitation to Black History Exhibition After Politically Motivated Cancellation
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), alongside IDRA, sent a letter urging Texas State University to reverse its unconstitutional cancellation of a nationally
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December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
BREAKING: We and partners demand Texas State University reverse its unconstitutional censorship of a renowned Black history exhibition.
Teaching Black history isn’t controversial — it’s necessary.
Teaching Black history isn’t controversial — it’s necessary.
Breaking! Another big news story:
“Internal department data obtained by ProPublica shows that more than 1,000 racial harassment investigations initiated in previous administrations still are open. Most of those complaints involve harassment of Black students."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“Internal department data obtained by ProPublica shows that more than 1,000 racial harassment investigations initiated in previous administrations still are open. Most of those complaints involve harassment of Black students."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Breaking! Another big news story:
“Internal department data obtained by ProPublica shows that more than 1,000 racial harassment investigations initiated in previous administrations still are open. Most of those complaints involve harassment of Black students."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“Internal department data obtained by ProPublica shows that more than 1,000 racial harassment investigations initiated in previous administrations still are open. Most of those complaints involve harassment of Black students."
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
🚨Breaking: “In many of our communities, where people feel isolated and like they didn’t have anyone to turn to, OCR mattered and gave people a sense of hope,” said Paige Duggins-Clay, a lawyer at the Intercultural Development Research Association. #txlege
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Epithets and accusations: Probes into racism in schools stall under Trump
Parents say incidents are going unchecked after the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights retreated from investigating schools in Lubbock, Texas.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🚨Breaking: “In many of our communities, where people feel isolated and like they didn’t have anyone to turn to, OCR mattered and gave people a sense of hope,” said Paige Duggins-Clay, a lawyer at the Intercultural Development Research Association. #txlege
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ELC's latest #MakingtheGrade report shows a major reversal of a decade of progress in within-state equity. In 2023, 11 fewer states provided more funding to high-poverty districts than in 2022. Read the new report for the full breakdown. edlawcenter.org/wp-content/u...
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ELC's latest #MakingtheGrade report shows a major reversal of a decade of progress in within-state equity. In 2023, 11 fewer states provided more funding to high-poverty districts than in 2022. Read the new report for the full breakdown. edlawcenter.org/wp-content/u...
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Texas and Georgia fail to pass the fair school funding test in our latest #MakingtheGrade report. Read @idraedu.bsky.social's deeper dive into these states: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
Read the full report: edlawcenter.org/research/mak...
Read the full report: edlawcenter.org/research/mak...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Texas and Georgia fail to pass the fair school funding test in our latest #MakingtheGrade report. Read @idraedu.bsky.social's deeper dive into these states: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
Read the full report: edlawcenter.org/research/mak...
Read the full report: edlawcenter.org/research/mak...
“The shame, feeling of isolation and being cut off from peers, friends and activities that matter to them and are these kids’ whole worlds that can have a lasting impact on a young person and that should be very concerning,” she said. #txlege #txed
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Fifth-grader’s ‘child-safe’ knife leads to lawsuit against San Antonio ISD
A mother is suing San Antonio ISD for assigning her 10-year-old son to alternative school for bringing a child-safe knife to school in his lunchbox.
www.expressnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“The shame, feeling of isolation and being cut off from peers, friends and activities that matter to them and are these kids’ whole worlds that can have a lasting impact on a young person and that should be very concerning,” she said. #txlege #txed
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The Trump administration announced last week it would continue dismantling the Department of Education, even though it can be abolished only by Congress.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Trump administration announced last week it would continue dismantling the Department of Education, even though it can be abolished only by Congress.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
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👥 When schools don't engage with parents, it leaves space for harmful rhetoric. *The Integrated School Podcast* discusses the real impact on families with National Parents Union's Keri Rodrigues and how we can ensure our voices are heard.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
👥 When schools don't engage with parents, it leaves space for harmful rhetoric. *The Integrated School Podcast* discusses the real impact on families with National Parents Union's Keri Rodrigues and how we can ensure our voices are heard.
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integratedschools.org/podcast/s12e...
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integratedschools.org/podcast/s12e...