State of Texas
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Tammie NielsenRepublican Incumbent
Coretta Mallet-FontenotDemocraticOn ballot as
TAMMIE NIELSEN
CORETTA MALLET-FONTENOT
Current role
Member, Texas State Board of Education, District 4,
Chair, NAACP Houston Branch PAC
Background
- Associate of Applied Sciences, Houston Community College
- Certificate, Rice University Leadership Institute for Nonprofit Executives
- B.S. in elementary education and M.S. in secondary education, Texas Southern University
- Ed.D. in Professional Leadership
Experience
- Member, Texas State Board of Education, Dist. 4
- Advancement director, Sarah's House
- Former communications and volunteer director, The Bridge Over Troubled Waters
- President, City of Pasadena Library Board
- Former Pasadena Chamber of Commerce board member
- Houston ISD teacher at elementary, middle and high school levels,
- Houston Federation of Teachers Executive Council member
Top priorities
Not found
- "Fully-funded PreK, pay raises for school employees," and a curriculum "based on science and facts"
- Kids "should be taught the truth about our history and respect fact-based science"
- "Multiple paths to a high school diploma"
- Says standardized tests like the STAAR "do not accurately measure intelligence"
- "A tireless advocate of traditional neighborhood schools"
Tidbits
- "I will prioritize curriculum, such as the Bluebonnet Curriculum, to give students a strong academic foundation
- Appears open to or supportive of school-choice
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: No public statement found
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Curriculum and instructional materials: believes "our kids should be taught the truth about our history and respect fact-based science" (Meaning – greater emphasis on slavery, Jim Crow, Native dispossession, redlining, Japanese internment, and other episodes of systemic discrimination, along with their lasting effects. Framing racism and white supremacy as foundational rather than peripheral)
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: Campaign site:
- Vouchers / school choice: Public-school unions and longtime public educators in Texas almost uniformly oppose vouchers, there is no public statement from candidate on issue.
Endorsements
None found in our research
- Texas AFT
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Community Voices for Public Education
- Congressman Christian D. Menefee
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- Jackie Anderson, President Houston Federation of Teachers
- Candis Houston, President Aldine AFT
- Zeph Capo, President TX AFT
- Shonda Below, President Northeast AFT
- Bishop James Dixon II
- State Representative Ron Reynolds TX HD 27, Fort Bend County
- Houston Councilwoman Dr. Carolyn Evans Shabazz
- Councilwoman Arnetta Murray, Iowa Colony/Brazoria County
- Kathy Blueford-Daniels, Harris County Appraisal District Director #1
Tammie Nielsen
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- TAMMIE NIELSEN
- Current role
- Member, Texas State Board of Education, District 4,
- Background
- Associate of Applied Sciences, Houston Community College
- Certificate, Rice University Leadership Institute for Nonprofit Executives
- Experience
- Member, Texas State Board of Education, Dist. 4
- Advancement director, Sarah's House
- Former communications and volunteer director, The Bridge Over Troubled Waters
- President, City of Pasadena Library Board
- Former Pasadena Chamber of Commerce board member
- Top priorities
- Not found
- Tidbits
- "I will prioritize curriculum, such as the Bluebonnet Curriculum, to give students a strong academic foundation
- Appears open to or supportive of school-choice
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: No public statement found
- Vouchers / school choice: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- tammienielsen.com
Coretta Mallet-Fontenot
Democratic- On ballot as
- CORETTA MALLET-FONTENOT
- Current role
- Chair, NAACP Houston Branch PAC
- Background
- B.S. in elementary education and M.S. in secondary education, Texas Southern University
- Ed.D. in Professional Leadership
- Experience
- Houston ISD teacher at elementary, middle and high school levels,
- Houston Federation of Teachers Executive Council member
- Top priorities
- "Fully-funded PreK, pay raises for school employees," and a curriculum "based on science and facts"
- Kids "should be taught the truth about our history and respect fact-based science"
- "Multiple paths to a high school diploma"
- Says standardized tests like the STAAR "do not accurately measure intelligence"
- "A tireless advocate of traditional neighborhood schools"
- Tidbits
- Curriculum and instructional materials: believes "our kids should be taught the truth about our history and respect fact-based science" (Meaning – greater emphasis on slavery, Jim Crow, Native dispossession, redlining, Japanese internment, and other episodes of systemic discrimination, along with their lasting effects. Framing racism and white supremacy as foundational rather than peripheral)
- Library books: No public statement found
- School funding and bonds: Campaign site:
- Vouchers / school choice: Public-school unions and longtime public educators in Texas almost uniformly oppose vouchers, there is no public statement from candidate on issue.
- Endorsements
- Texas AFT
- Texas AFL-CIO
- Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
- Community Voices for Public Education
- Congressman Christian D. Menefee
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- Jackie Anderson, President Houston Federation of Teachers
- Candis Houston, President Aldine AFT
- Zeph Capo, President TX AFT
- Shonda Below, President Northeast AFT
- Bishop James Dixon II
- State Representative Ron Reynolds TX HD 27, Fort Bend County
- Houston Councilwoman Dr. Carolyn Evans Shabazz
- Councilwoman Arnetta Murray, Iowa Colony/Brazoria County
- Kathy Blueford-Daniels, Harris County Appraisal District Director #1
- Campaign website
- corettaforsboe4.com
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