Vote!
Tomorrow (Friday, February 28th) is the last day of early voting, and the 2020 Texas Primary Election is Tuesday, March 3rd. If you haven’t voted yet, please do it today!
If you aren’t sure why, here are some good reasons to vote.
- By voting, you pick the people who decide:
a) How much to fund public schools,
b) How much to rely on standardized testing,
c) Whether to use A-F ratings and how grades are determined,
d) How much to fund teacher pay, healthcare, and retirement,
e) Whether to invest in our schools or privatize them. - Be a voice at the polls for the over 5.4 million kids in Texas public schools, most of whom are not old enough to vote.
- Model good citizenship for students.
- Move Texas up from being last (or almost last) in voter turnout.
- Strengthen democracy by being an engaged citizen.
- Exert your power at the polls!
- Practice what you preach. If 1st grade students are learning the importance of voting, you should too!
Grade 1 Social Studies TEKS – Citizenship
“The student understands and can identify the characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting.
The Texas Educators Vote website has links to everything you need to know to be an informed voter.
Follow TEV on Facebook and Twitter and tag us with a selfie of your “I Voted” sticker! Bring your friends and family and have fun!
To the polls,
Laura Yeager
Texas Educators Vote