Child advocate. Co-Founder and CEO of @Stand4Children—a national education advocacy organization. Father of 2 boys. RTs are not endorsements.
Portland, OR
Joined February 2013
- Tweets858
- Following479
- Followers1.7K
- Likes246
Today, I join 500 business and nonprofit leaders to call for every student in every school to have the opportunity to learn computer science as a basic part of education. I encourage other leaders to sign too, to better prepare our children for the future. ceosforcs.com
If people of conscience stay on the sidelines, Christopher Rufo and other extremists could well succeed in their drive to weaken public education, undermine our democracy and further erode America’s middle class.
Thankfully, parents, guardians, caregivers and the public strongly support public schools, and there is encouraging opposition to this drive to undermine public education teapaw.org/IndianaStand/status/15…
More than a dozen other red states have passed legislation similar to HB1134 & SB167. We want to again, thank every advocate who emailed key lawmakers, spoke at the statehouse or shared on social this legislative session. Your voices made a difference: cnn.com/2022/04/03/us/indian…
If people continue to stand up against these attacks, we can defeat this destructive push to privatize education, and instead strengthen our public schools’ ability to help all our children succeed, and create a better future for us all. time.com/6172216/public-scho…
In the wake of the worst pandemic in a century, instead of attacking public education and harming students, policymakers should be focusing on how to strengthen public education and support students’ success and well-being...
Then they spread the falsehoods on social media and via Fox News and the click-driven, controversy-obsessed mainstream media
Just as extremists have used the Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election to undermine American democracy, far-right advocates of privatizing public education are using Big Lies to undermine public schools.
Supporters of public schools see these ugly attacks for what they are, and we are taking a stand against them. Read my op-ed with @rweingarten in Time. time.com/6172216/public-scho…
As @DrDanaSuskind writes, “parents cannot afford to sit idly by” while a once-in-a-lifetime investment in children hangs in the balance. It’s time to unite for the best interests of our kids. thehill.com/opinion/white-ho…
Stand's 25th anniversary comes at a time of unique possibility to make progress toward racial & social justice. We may never have a better chance to reduce child poverty, increase economic mobility, root out individual and systemic racism & close our nation’s racial wealth chasm
What began 25 years ago today as an historic rally has become @Stand4Children, a bold and vital organization impacting the education and lives of children furthest from justice across the nation.