Tim DeRoche
@timderoche
Bestselling author of HUCK & MIGUEL, A FINE LINE, WHIMSY & WOE. Words @TIME, @theFP, @lithub, @educationnext. Founder of @available2all.
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Grateful for the opportunity to publish this piece in floridapolitics about unjust student assignment policies in West Tampa. And special thanks to my co-author Michelle Patty of Tampa, who isn't on Twitter. AvailableToAll
NEW: Hillsborough Schools students of color are being denied access to the A-rated public schools closest to their homes. Is this a civil rights violation? ✍️ Tim DeRoche & activist Michelle Patty explore this ongoing injustice in an essay for Florida Politics: floridapolitics.com/archives/69272…
I expose the truth behind a $70m boondoggle in the @laschools. LAUSD expands capacity in a school in Silver Lake that serves primarily wealthy white families...even though schools within 10 minutes are half-empty. Silver Lake NC Nelahism The Eastsider Jill Stewart
Grateful for the opportunity to contribute this opinion piece to the L.A. Daily News and O.C. Register. @laschools spends $70 million to expand capacity at Ivanhoe Elementary in Silver Lake, despite thousands of empty seats in nearby schools. Why? Look at their attendance zone.
The Milwaukee Brewers currently hold the 3rd best record, biggest divisional lead (10 games), AND the best run differential (+139) in MLB 🤯 #MLBNow discusses what the Brew Crew did to accomplish this level of success.
💰 Los Angeles Unified is spending $70 million to ensure wealthy families maintain privileged access to one of its best ‘public’ schools. This should be a wake-up call about how the city’s public schools aren’t truly open to all families, writes Tim DeRoche. hubs.la/Q02Nr-Sz0
"[Los Angeles Unified] attendance zone for Ivanhoe is doing the same work that the redlining map did back in the 1930s: It’s boxing out low-income families." #NoMoreLines hubs.la/Q02Ns4qH0 Silver Lake NC The Eastsider
If you, like me, have wondered why one of the most well-resourced elementary schools in LA is getting a massive renovation, while other neighborhood schools get their classes cut, here’s your answer from Tim DeRoche.
The NL Central runs through MKE. Milwaukee Brewers