Lily Altavena

Based on the emails I get, there is an epidemic of people who have made up their minds about a topic -- seemingly know all there is to know about it -- before reading a story

RT @Jodiscohen: The landmark $2.8 billion NCAA settlement, expected to be finalized today, will change college sports. Here is our @prop…

RT @jillbarshay: I learned this morning that Ed Sec'y @Linda_McMahon assured @GovofCO Jared Polis, chair of the National Governors Associat…

RT @kayleighrenel: I know everyone is distracted by national news but…… the city of Ecorse has less than 20 days cash on hand to keep the c…

listen everyone repeating "don't look at your 401k" you know exactly what I'm going to do

someone with NFL acumen: why did I see the Indianapolis Colts' private jet at the Detroit airport today

So proud of this award! I was a grad assistant @NCDJ_ASU years ago and learned from the best the care and thought needed (and often lacking) in stories about people with disabilities https://t.co/WsmzPGBRDn

RT @Dave_Boucher1: Feds could claw back $42M in pandemic aid from Michigan schools https://t.co/AhUmpzZ5EY via ⁦@lilyalta⁩

RT @shelbygrad: 🚨🗞️🔎The Los Angeles Times filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of L.A., accusing officials of unlawfully withholding a…

Rep. @RashidaTlaib's statement: “University of Michigan students deserve an administration that will fight for their rights... not roll over and capitulate to Trump's attacks on academic freedom and students' constitutional protections.” https://t.co/S2VdxzcjVC

RT @Dave_Boucher1: Breaking, via @Jwisely: University of Michigan, a longtime champion of progressive values, to close its DEI office https…

RT @EducationNext: "For nearly a quarter century, school accountability in the United States has centered on quantitative measures of schoo…

"There's certainly DPSCD employees that voted for Trump," Vitti said. "I really think you have to reconcile that with your day-to-day job... because this current president... is not supportive of our children and our communities based on their budget." https://t.co/HRlnYnmLrH

States largely already have funding power, in the states I've covered (MI and AZ), local school districts have the most power over curricula, materials, sex ed, discipline, etc.

U.S. Department of Education @usedgov

America’s Governors know that the best education system is that closest to the student. https://t.co/3ZTG8cZvIe

I gave birth at this hospital and think all the time about the nurses and medical professionals who cared for me in one of the most vulnerable moments of my life. Thinking of the women in the ward in labor while the hospital is on lockdown https://t.co/eQ2tNWscs0

""This is defunding public education," he said. "This is defunding large urban school districts. This is defunding the future of the most disadvantaged children in this country"

Lily Altavena @lilyalta

In a virtual call with 1,000 attendees, Detroit schools Supt. Nikolai Vitti said the Trump's ed strategy is "not a drill" "We cannot wait, we cannot hope. We cannot pray alone to think that we're going to get through this without changing direction." https://t.co/Qrn31r9NZX

In a virtual call with 1,000 attendees, Detroit schools Supt. Nikolai Vitti said the Trump's ed strategy is "not a drill" "We cannot wait, we cannot hope. We cannot pray alone to think that we're going to get through this without changing direction." https://t.co/Qrn31r9NZX