How James Talarico’s Years Teaching Middle School Prepared Him for Politics (Gift Article)

This is a glowing insight into a politician’s character from a former student. “Mr. Mancha, who now works in the medical billing department for the CVS pharmacy chain, said Mr. Talarico was the first teacher who defended him from bullies at school.”

Teaching middle school would prepare you for just about anything, I imagine. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...

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"there are questions about how big his classes were" in the subhead is a ...choice. I mean sure check all claims but it's funny that Paxton is corrupt as hell but we want to know if Talarico had 45 or 29 students in his 6th grade class www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...

10-15 years ago Talarico would have been running as a edreform/Teach for America candidate - talking a lot about test scores & achievement gaps. Interesting sign of the times that when he talks about schools now it's about GOP trying to destroy public education www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...

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Talarico’s spokesman did not dispute the Texas class size records but said that Mr. Talarico had facilitated a reduction in his class size. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...

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"Teaching school has long been a core part of Mr. Talarico’s political identity. He sat on the public education committee in the Texas State House. He helped lead a fight against the creation of the school vouchers program." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...

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The headline says it all. US Politics == middle school. Though its possible that volunteering in a psych ward would be even better preparation.

James Talarico had 42 inner city students rather than 45 as claimed; and Ken Paxton had 14 undisclosed properties on his taxes instead of 15 as Mr. Talarico claimed. We find neither candidate can be trusted. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...

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Interesting headline. I wonder if #Talarico would be an even better politician if he spent years teaching elementary school, or, better yet, special education.

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A headline that speaks volumes! Politics as a middle-school classroom? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/u...

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