Twitter Blocks Locke’s Exposure Of Teachers’ Union Agenda
By Donna King
Carolina Journal
The head of the John Locke Foundation’s Center for Effective Education found himself in “Twitter jail” Wednesday. Terry Stoops faced that penalty after exposing discussion topics at a national teachers’ union’s annual meeting.
Thousands of teachers and activists are wrapping up a week of meetings in Chicago for the National Education Association annual meeting.
While parents of students in public schools are focused on students suffering learning loss after school shutdowns, campus safety, or that U.S. student math scores rank 30th of the 79 most industrialized nations, the NEA agenda this week includes multiple proposals that focus on social justice, gender identity, teacher autonomy, abortion access, and publicizing the “struggle of the Palestinians.”
Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education, was blocked from his account after tweeting out some of the discussion topics listed on the NEA conference website. Twitter removed four of his tweets and prevented him from accessing his page.
“I obtained the source document from a publicly accessible website, so I would not consider any tweet containing information from that document to be private,” said Stoops. “The truth is that NEA bosses wanted to keep its conference agenda private because it laid bare their obsession with social justice and appalling disregard for the needs of public school children and educators.”’
The North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is an affiliate member of the NEA.
One of the most notable items on the agenda is the NEA proposal to distribute “fact sheets” discrediting 25 organizations that are promoting policies they say are intended to “dismantle public education.” Likely targets would be groups that promote policies like school choice and a Parents’ Bill of Rights.
“These fact sheets should include, but not be limited to, information about these organizations’ funding sources, their leaders within the organizations, connections to known entities that are seeking to dismantle public education, organization headquarters and chapter locations, characteristics of employed campaign strategies used by these organizations, and connections to known entities that are seeking to dismantle public education,” the NEA conference agenda read. The 50 delegates who submitted the proposal, led by New Jersey teacher Melissa Tomlinson, estimated that the effort would cost the teachers’ union more than $140,000.
“They seem incapable of talking about what really matters: student learning,” added Stoops, “I am comforted knowing that the union continues to lose members, dues, and influence, particularly in North Carolina,” Stoops added.
The NEA is putting boots on the ground in North Carolina to demonstrate and promote its agenda, tapping the political weight of NCAE and its protest arm, Organize2020. NCAE and Organize2020 recently launched a coalition called H.E.A.L. – Honest Education Action and Leadership, designed to push back on parent protests against Critical Race Theory and mandatory masking.
Masking and vaccines have been a point of discussion in the NEA conference this week, as some members filed a proposal to endorse nationwide mandatory school masking and COVID vaccinations as an official part of the union platform.
“The NEA will work with state affiliates to support a national policy of mandatory masking and COVID vaccines in schools, as well as high-quality virtual education for immuno-compromised students and all families who want it,” the new business item reads.
During the COVID pandemic, N.C. public schools were shut down for a year of in-person learning by an executive order from Gov. Roy Cooper, issued with vocal support from the NCAE.
“News of my stint in Twitter purgatory has extended the life of my original tweets, so it’s been a net positive,” said Stoops. “However, if Twitter does not resolve my appeal soon, I will take the next logical step and reach out to Elon Musk.”
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The NEA, as per their agenda, are focused on social justice, gender identity, teacher autonomy, abortion access, and publicizing the “struggle of the Palestinians. None of those items should be taught in schools. Dear people, we need to distance ourselves from this organization that hurts our young people instead of giving them a basic education. As with many large institutions, the leadership turns to preservation of power by manipulation through the influence of the position entrusted to them by the people.
More from the Satanic Left. Anyone voting democrat now is completely on board with Evil. Hope all you lefties are enjoying your preview of Hell. One day you will get to enjoy the full show. But you don’t get to walk out of this theater. Oh no you get to reside there forever. Exactly where you belong.
Twitter is a publicly traded company listed on The New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol TWTR.
The Vanguard Group, Inc. is the largest shareholder.
Twitter jail is what happens to your account when you break one of twitter’s limits or rules.
Right on point NC Gal. Some people believe that just because a companies may have rules that they don’t agree with, they yell free speech. Free speech only applies to the government restricting a person’s free speech. If you don’t like the rules the company has don’t use their product, or if you want the rules changed but the company. If not then just shut the h*ll up.
You really believe twitter is not biased and practices censorship? Wise up!
Please tell us how you know that twitter is biased. Thank you!
Easily, by their observed censorship of those they do not agree with or wish to silence.
Carl Twitter is no different than FOX news in practicing biased censorship
The John Locke foundation, another FOX news subsidiary.
Amen
Twitter is run by the government and they will silence anyone who opposes the narrative the government wants. Covid was a perfect example, anyone who opposed vaxx mandates, masks, or supported with facts the lab leak was silenced. It is the exact same tactic Hitler used in WW2 and every fascist leader has used. Silence, shame or imprison those who oppose you so citizens will only hear what the government wants.
Which government agency created the jail rules that Twitter enforces?
NC Gal are you Evil or just dumb as a bag of rocks? Or Both? I’ll say a prayer for you soul whichever the case may be.
I can’t believe you people walk amongst us.
So asking a question makes me evil or dumb? Interesting.
No nope not true
Captain Obvious is really Captain Conspiracy Theorist. No Proof Just Lies. Remind you of anyone?
Folks history teaches us that human kind cannot coexist peacefully over any meaningful time spand before the war’s have to start. Then it is really very simple, when the pains of war are felt to even the ones that was surely thought to be protected and the sick unbelievable amount of dealth tolls are reached. What is left of humanity will pick it all back up and do it again.
History also tells us that most wars are a result of religion