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Rob Shearer
@robshearer
Working to make Texas a more equitable place. Citizen of Oak Cliff. Public school parent. Tweets are my own.
Dallas, TX
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    Rob Shearer
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    Apr 30, 2024
    My daughter joined a peaceful protest on the lawn of her university today. It turned violent when the state police showed up in riot gear. She and her friends were sprayed with tear gas. Incredibly frustrated that the adults making decisions aren't better at de-escalation. #vcu
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    Zach Joachim
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    Apr 30, 2024
    Police deploy chemical agents in clash with VCU student-protesters tonight on campus outside Cabell Library @RTDNEWS
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    Rob Shearer
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    Nov 6, 2022
    My mother-in-law voted for @BetoORourke. First time she can remember voting for a democrat for gov. Said #GunControl and #Uvalde made it an easy decision since her grandkids are public school students in Texas. Here’s hoping there are lots more voters like her. We can do this.
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    Rob Shearer
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    Dec 21, 2018
    Replying to @BetoORourke
    My family on the River Road this summer, standing along the Rio Grande with Mexico in the background.
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    Rob Shearer
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    Nov 17, 2023
    Last time I checked, more than 90% of children in the state of Texas attend a public school. Amazing how much energy some folks in Austin are spending to invest in private schools via vouchers instead of investing in our public schools where the future of Texas sits today. #txed
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    Rob Shearer
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    Oct 2, 2018
    If money doesn’t matter in education, why are the most prestigious private schools in Dallas so expensive? Dallas ISD receives $8500 per student Hockaday receives $29,000 per student St Marks receives $29,496 per student Greenhill receives $31,675 per student @DALVotes4Kids
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    Rob Shearer
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    Feb 8, 2020
    Whoopi is right... progress is incremental. We can’t dismiss those who have done the work before us because they didn’t go as far as we would have liked. We are standing on the shoulders of those organizers and activists who came before us, and we can continue to move forward.
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    Bakari Sellers
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    Feb 8, 2020
    Whoopi did not come to play with y’all. She sounds like every black woman I know who votes in S.C. and on ST....
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    Rob Shearer
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    Apr 11, 2022
    First official day as the new Chief Communications Officer at @UnitedWayDallas. I’m incredibly excited to join this team! #dallas
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    Rob Shearer
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    Feb 5, 2020
    So we rebrand vouchers as “opportunity scholarships” and think that solves the fundamental inequity with vouchers? #sotu #txed
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    Rob Shearer
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    Dec 18, 2021
    South Oak Cliff are the State Champions! #oakcliff #txed #dallas
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    Rob Shearer
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    Jun 28, 2020
    Who picks up the tab for the out of control police and state trooper turn out for the VP’s visit to First Baptist Dallas this morning?? #defundthepolice #dallas
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    Rob Shearer
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    Aug 9, 2021
    Encouraged by this email I received from @dallasschools announcing that masks will be REQUIRED for all students and staff effective immediately. #txed
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    Rob Shearer
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    May 28, 2021
    If you missed @jamestalarico raining 🔥🔥🔥 on the House floor during the HB 3979 debate this afternoon, you owe it to yourself to watch it. #txlege #txed
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    Rob Shearer
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    May 12, 2018
    Hearing rumblings that 5th graders at a Pleasant Grove elementary outperformed Highland Park 5th graders on the math portion of the STAAR test this spring. Can’t wait to see those numbers! #txed
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    Rob Shearer
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    Mar 24, 2021
    This is the kind of work that makes me optimistic about the future of Dallas and Oak Cliff. #dallas #oakcliff
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    Neighborhood-grown For Oak Cliff nonprofit acquires former YMCA with roots in historic Black Dallas
    The opportunity to set up shop in the former Moorland facility, with its significant historical roots, is nothing less than evidence of the divine.