Who will you elect to lead your public school next year?
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
Will You Know about This Before It Becomes Law?
Laws and resolutions generally need support to be passed. Express your support/opposition to the following current resolutions to your...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
SCOTUS Docket: I'm Cherry Picking Some Tomatoes (Could Turn Out Rotten?)
Why am I sharing what Supreme Court cases I’ll be following? Here's some reasons I'm sharing what Supreme Court cases I'm following now...
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Beth Cusack
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
School Vouchers: There's a Catch...
There are often extra costs, loopholes, and restrictions students experience in leaving a public school to attend a private/charter...
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Beth Cusack
- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
School Vouchers: Many Texas families can’t necessarily use them
Rural - Rural areas often have only public-schools so there would often be no way to use a voucher. While Texas is responsible for...
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Beth Cusack
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
School vouchers sound like a good idea, right? Here’s some facts to consider as a voter.
Vouchers take budgeted money away from public schools. Texas public schools have not been fully funded by state and local budgets for...
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Beth Cusack
- Sep 28, 2022
- 4 min
Compromise: It's What's for Democracy (An Alternative to Book Bans in Schools)
Looming problem in our public schools: In my local school district, three “parents’ rights” people (often taking the stance of what they...
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Beth Cusack
- Aug 18, 2022
- 5 min
How I Contested Racist Historical State Markers in Texas Using Email and a Positive Attitude
Why I pursued this project? I was looking for a way to effect positive change to combat racism in Texas in the form of historical...
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Beth Cusack
- Aug 13, 2022
- 4 min
Prison Inspections: Why should you care?
Do you know the conditions of the nearest jail to you? I never gave it any thought until the county judge proclaimed that the county...
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Beth Cusack
- Aug 6, 2022
- 5 min
Don’t wait until someone you care about lands in jail to find out how the jail posts info online
This project started last month when I reviewed my county sheriff’s website. You might wonder why I did? Well, it’s because our county...
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Beth Cusack
- Feb 15, 2022
- 3 min
Recognizing Slights of the Round Table
My Zoom Thought Exercise to Envision Diversity and Improve Communication You may find yourself on zoom to have any number of meetings....
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Beth Cusack
- Feb 14, 2022
- 3 min
Do We Treat Someone Like Neon?
neon signs contain noble gases hoping to float free into space This haiku is why I find that creative writing becomes a channel for me to...
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Beth Cusack
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
Do or Be, Ant or Grasshopper? A reflection on my favorite Aesop's Fable
“The Ants and the Grasshopper” fable by Aesop resonates with me on many levels. http://read.gov/aesop/052.html I think that I relate to...
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Beth Cusack
- Oct 16, 2021
- 3 min
Why I Dropped Facebook but Kept Twitter
The top reasons I dropped Facebook 1. Little original content: I'd scroll through my feed of people I follow and find little original...
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Beth Cusack
- Sep 29, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry as Activism for Women in Society
Today I wrote this haiku. I was thinking of how to put the word prompts borrow and aim together. On the surface, I thought of a benign...
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Beth Cusack
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Tips for Writing to Hold Elected Officials Accountable
So recently I've been maintaining a correspondence through email with POTUS, a governor, a county judge, commissioners, several...
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Beth Cusack
- Aug 29, 2021
- 2 min
Writing as Activism: My Current Jam
I don't feel calmer these days. But I feel hopeful. I feel engaged in the community more. Some global and local situations call for...
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Beth Cusack
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
Before I Hit the Button...
Here's some questions I ask myself before I post something on social media or engaging in a debate: Am I telling someone what I think or...
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Beth Cusack
- Mar 22, 2021
- 4 min
It starts with a handful of lint
Today, I gathered up the handful of lint I've been collecting on top of the dryer. I put the lint back and felt inspired to write. I...
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