They hate the educated in Texas and Florida

#Houston #Librarians #WarOnEducation

[Houston Independent School District will be eliminating librarian positions at 28 schools this upcoming year and utilizing some of the libraries as ‘Team Centers” where kids with behavioral issues will be sent, the district announced.]

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/07/26/hisd-to-eliminate-librarians-turn-libraries-into-discipline-centers-at-28-campuses/

@TonyStark #WarOnEducation

@skykiss the GOP doesn't like educated voters because it doesn't serve their personal, short-term interests

#WarOnEducation

Diversity builds strength
Exposure to new ideas builds understanding
Cultural depth builds empathy
Knowledge builds intellect
Critical thinking builds resilience
Fascists fear them because they empower individuals

the #WarOnEducation is #fascism

Diversity builds strength
Exposure to new ideas builds understanding
Cultural depth builds empathy
Knowledge builds intellect
Critical thinking builds resilience
Fascists fear them because they empower individuals

the #WarOnEducation is #fascism

@stevesilberman knowledge is power, and the sad GOP is existentially afraid of an educated populace

#WarOnEducation #Equality #LGTBQ

By banning abortion, and not teaching kids about sex education, or allowing kids to read Anne Frank because of “sexual explicit content”, the birth rate is going to sky rocket! And nobody’s gonna want these kids so adoption is going to sky rocket! Actions have consequences and these poor kids will be in the middle of it. Because of what? …Christianity? #Religion sucks.
#AbortionBan #womensrights #WarOnWomen #WarOnEducation

I will never step foot in #Florida until hateful #republicans are no-longer passing laws. #WarOnWomen #RepublicansAreTheProblem #WarOnEducation

@TonyStark

"“declining college enrollments here in Florida... will seriously impact... the economic viability of Florida...”

Non-college-educated people tend to be poorer, live shorter lives and...

they are “more likely to avail themselves of government subsidies and the wide variety of services that federal, state, and local governments provide” than college-educated Americans."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/28/desantis-florida-school-performance/

Thread of article: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109947934188839992

#DeSantis #WarOnEducation #Florida #USA

GOP Translation Guide - part 1
"woke" = educated (in some languages literal translation is "people who care about something other than just themselves")
"virtue signaling" = role model
"science is inconclusive" = we don't trust educated, credentialed experts or scientific method
"do the research" = ignore the educated, credentialed experts
"free speech" = only those words we say
“thoughts and prayers" = doing absolutely nothing except this one passing mention
#GOPTranslationGuide #WarOnEducation

@pizzohistorian The #rightwing #WarOnEducation is a major factor here as well, driving down funding, shrinking departments, and starving public universities.