Pastors for Children
@pastors4txkids
Pastors for Children mobilizes the faith community to support our neighborhood and community schools.
It is morally unacceptable to expect our poorest children, who are deprived of the security and provision essential for success, to perform adequately in school without extraordinary resources and intervention. To spout "poverty isn't destiny" is cruel without this intervention.
The redistricting scam currently perpetrated in #txlege by @GregAbbott_TX & @TexasGOP is the latest corruption of our democracy by desperate people grasping at power slowly but surely slipping from their hands. Government at the “consent of the governed” means nothing to them.
Today’s redistricting committee hearing was a disservice to our democracy. 170 Texans registered to testify, but only 40 were heard before the committee abruptly ended after just 5 hours, leaving 130 voices unheard. These weren’t just names on a list. These were Texans who…
Any proper assessment of #txed school children must be done by those who love them dearly, serve them individually, and know them personally. No standardized test currently administered does this. This is why #STAAR— and any other corporate-driven measure—must stop. #txlege
“Accountability and assessment systems should not be designed to satisfy a central authority —they should be designed to make learning better, more relevant, and more just for the students sitting in classrooms right now.” fairtest.org/wp-content/upl…
This is really what they want. Your money. Their grift. Our kids. Their commodities. #txlege #txed

There is a “micro school” advertising for students in Southlake. It does not have a physical location and they charge a “tuition” that happens to be very close to the voucher reimbursement. We expect to see a lot more of these to pop up.
This is the ridiculous, ludicrous, immoral and failed politically tenure of @TexasGOP under @GregAbbott_TX
The gaslighting happening now in the Texas Senate is something else: Republicans arguing they need to correct accusations of racial discrimination in congressional district maps that the same Republicans have argued contain no racial discrimination #TxLege
The gaslighting happening now in the Texas Senate is something else: Republicans arguing they need to correct accusations of racial discrimination in congressional district maps that the same Republicans have argued contain no racial discrimination #TxLege
The way Texas does student assessment has nothing to do with accountability for tax dollars. If it did, we wouldn't have a voucher program that diverts $1 billion to private schools with ZERO accountability. It's about politics-- not kids. #txed #txlege
Whatever is proposed, will it also be required of private schools that receive tax-payer funds through vouchers and charter schools?
STAAR test is a privatization tool designed to demean teachers, demoralize students, and demonize schools. Make every voucher school take STAAR! @GregAbbott_TX’s plan of THREE tests is nuts! Here’s a concept: Turn the classroom back to our God-called teachers! #txed #txlege
Don’t be fooled. Governor Abbott wants to replace 1 STAAR test with THREE high-stakes tests PER YEAR created & manipulated by his commissioner. This scheme should never see the light of day. We will never be truly free of the testing insanity as long as Gov. Abbott is governor.
During the Special Session beginning Monday, Legislators have the opportunity to END the STAAR test in public schools. Do it.
The biggest divide in our politics is not left vs right — it’s top vs bottom. Billionaires are dividing us because our unity is a threat to their wealth and power. I went on @joerogan’s show to bridge the divide and build a coalition big enough to take power back.
Public schools are the training grounds for American citizenship. They teach the democratic and republican values— lower case, both— to all children. Support them. Protect them. Vote them. #txed #txlege #2026Elections

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The Republican attack on public education must stop now. Most Republicans oppose it. This is NOT what you signed on for. How to turn your party back to public ed? As a key pro-#txed House R in #txlege told us, only one way: Vote House Democratics in #2026Elections! #txlege
You may have missed this news. But you already knew the truth. Vouchers are unconstitutional! pfps.org/ohio-court-str… @EdLawCenter @pfpsorg @GregAbbott_TX #2026Election
Noises from @GregAbbott_TX about taking over Fort Worth schools is riling up Republican neighborhoods all over town. Texans love their #txed schools and teachers--and oppose his Big Gov't control policies like vouchers and STARR tests! @FortWorthISD @JohnMcQueeneyTX
That has been their goal all along. To totally and utterly destroy Texas public schools.
I think they want to eliminate public education all together. It’s a little dramatic but I think that’s the plan.
Effort to mobilize voice of pastors & congregations on this.
“When you’re silent, you don’t say anything, then sometimes people feel that you are in agreement. Your silence looks like complicity.” 5th Ward Houston pastor speaks out against Texas mid-decade congressional redistricting. And calls on other faith leaders to join him. #TxLege