Thomas Marshall III

Support IDRA | The Big Give I’m ready to support IDRA on September 17, 2025 during The Big Give. Learn more about IDRA and all the other organizations participating in The Big Give.

Now more than ever, it is supremely important to support organizations that are doing good work across our states and communities.

Donate to IDRA! An incredible organization fights for policies that will help our neighborhood public schools.
www.thebiggivesa.org/organization...

🔗 Get the full guide & sign up for the July 17 webinar to get updates, ask questions, & learn how to navigate these changes: linktr.ee/TXdreamact

📢See how a new court order partially invalidates the TX Dream Act, ending in-state tuition for some students starting Fall 2025.

South Carolina venue hosts free LGBTQ+ weddings in show of support and protest Amid threats to marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights in general, an art fair hosted the weddings and raised money to benefit transgender people.

With threats to marriage equality looming, a venue in Columbia, S.C., hosted free weddings for LGBTQ+ couples and raised funds for a transgender organization.

Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.

People still want to read articles pitched and written by humans.

Education of Immigrant Children - IDRA Immigrant Students’ Rights to Attend Public Schools Public schools, by law, must serve all children. As a result of the ... read more

Public schools must serve ALL children, regardless of immigration status. Immigrant students' rights include:
✅ No denial of admission
✅ No discrimination based on status
✅ No requirement to disclose immigration info
More info at our website below!
www.idra.org/education_po...

please refer to any of the resources below on supporting immigrant students and families in schools right now!

The climate feels so hostile rn but here’s a easy guide you can share with friends and family! Resources are bilingual!

@idraedu.bsky.social is updating our resources as we obtain them!

Image: Black and white hand-drawing of a large blob like creature, staring at the viewer with an inscrutable expression, while enveloping an old-fashioned one-room schoolhouse labeled "Public Ed". Caption in black typewritten-style text over a light red oval reads "Congress could bring vouchers *back* to Illinois!"

There are many routes to destroying the public good. Help us block one of them, a proposed $10 billion/year federal school voucher program that would destroy public school systems across the country. Ds and Rs in Congress, esp the House, need to hear from us: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-v...

Hi friends, as we go into legislative session on here, I turned all my big Capitol lists into a feed! This includes press, electeds, and advocates, and hopefully can capture a lot of the goings-on this session: bsky.app/profile/did:... #gapol

So much content & time on social media is wasted on reactionary clout chasing. Folks will rarely or never use their online presence to uplift work on the ground. Every day local grassroots organizers are fighting for our future & serving their community. Share their stories and support them.

Our #txlege team is ready for the 89th session! 🫡

We’ll spend the next five months working for education justice at the Capitol all session long. Click the below to sign up for our advocacy alerts to keep up with the action! #txlege #txed

idra.news/SignUp

I created a starter pack for must-follow journalists in Texas. Who else shoukd I add? go.bsky.app/KJhQToF #txlege

give my employer a follow why don't you 👀 @idraedu.bsky.social

i'll be talking about ed policy on there and gearing up the #txlege session!

aside of ed policy I will also have non-serious stuff on here *cough* like my #WickedMovie review 👀

Undocumented Students Have the Right to a Free Education. This Is Why A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling protected undocumented students' access to free public education. Some lawmakers seek to overturn it.

with my work at IDRA (no BlueSky just yet, lol) - we are proud to have worked with & for undocumented students in Texas. Check out this article my colleague is quoted in!

“This is about creating an educated society where everyone can contribute.”

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Giving the Trump admin a free pass to abolish all the groups that get these people elected for no other reason than they hate Palestinians

I feel like I’ll regret this being my first post, but we’re here to meme out 🤷🏾‍♂️

Me along for the ride on ANOTHER social media app

Education News Starter Pack Join the conversation

An U.S. education news reporter starter pack! 🎉 Please let us know if we missed anyone. ❤️ You're going to want to follow these folks to make sense of what promises to be a tumultuous presidential term.

go.bsky.app/UccLjhX

Due to my spinal condition, I, myself, benefit from the Americans with Disabilities Act. Project 2025 is a threat to some of the accommodations/rights of people with disabilities.

Although I may be able to navigate life without ADA, some people simply cannot, and it shouldn’t be this way.