Trisha Powell Crain
@Trish_Crain
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I write about education for Alabama Daily News and Alabama Public Television. RTs = interesting reads.
Birmingham, Alabama
Joined July 2011
You know that feeling when you crack the code on granular data that's been locked up in PDFs for eternity and you've known the data will tell you how the most marginalized students are faring for the last decade?. I DO!! I DID IT TONIGHT!! . Y'all I feel like I won the lottery.
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RT @BhamCitySchools: 📢📢📢📢ATTENTION PARENTS: Beginning this school year, ALL public Alabama schools will implement the Focus Act, a statewid….
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RT @univwestalabama: 🗣Big News from UWA!. We’re proud to announce a record high in overall summer enrollment—up 7% from Summer 2024!📈This m….
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RT @ACCS_Education: Congrats to @CVCCPirates for being named a Metallica Scholars Initiative recipient, a national workforce development pr….
ccdaily.com
A national workforce development program supported by the rock band Metallica is rolling into its seventh year with a new cohort of community colleges and its largest grant to date of about $3...
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RT @CalhounCollege: 📚We’re giving away FREE bookbags and school supplies on Saturday, July 26 from 9–11 a.m. at our Decatur Campus!🎒 . Firs….
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RT @BlakeBusbin: @Trish_Crain Saw this story this evening about the issue
politico.com
The No. 2 House Republican says GOP leaders and the administration are in active talks about what rescissions bill to bring up next, and when.
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Any word on the $5B+ in frozen federal education funds? School starts next week in parts of Alabama….[Quick timeline freshener—flowers from my garden].#aledchat
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RT @EufaulaCS: Let's take a look back ⏳ at some of our EHS students who completed Heavy Equipment Operator Training with a Skid Steer 🚜 thi….
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It's Back-to-School time in Alabama! Welcome teachers!! #aledchat.
📚✨ Welcome to the Team! ✨🍎. We were thrilled to welcome our newest educators to the district during our New Teacher Academy! We’re so excited about the passion and dedication you will bring to our classrooms! #WelcomeEducators
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RT @mtnbrookschools: Congratulations to MBHS Custodian, I Garsuta, for winning a gold medal at the 2025 World Police and Fire Games this su….
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Congratulations to @ShelbyALSchools PIO extraordinaire Cindy Warner! Well deserved. Always professional and responsive. 👏👏👏.
Congratulations to Cindy Warner - our Public Relations and Community Education Supervisor - on being named the School Communicator of the Year by NSPRA at this year's NSPRA National Seminar in Washington, D.C. What an accomplishment! #DoGreatThings
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RT @MarySellADN: The latest on a story @Trish_Crain and @alexangle_ have been following all week. #alpolitics. Britt: Federal funds for Ala….
aldailynews.com
“I’m pleased to see these funds released to support after-school and summer programs. This was in direct response to a letter I joined in support for this critical funding,” U.S. Senator Katie Britt...
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RT @Noellerson: NEWS: We've received word that OMB will be sending notices to States that the Title IV-B funds (21st Century) will be relea….
aasa.org
On June 30 USED announced that they would not be releasing FY25 funds for certain programs as appropriated by Congress.
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RT @Griffith2020: Thank you @SenKatieBritt for your leadership on this GOP letter to the OMB about the FY25 education funding withholding.….
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Great reporting on local impacts of the frozen federal education funding from @decaturdaily #alpolitics #aledchat.
School districts in Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties are waiting for a total of more than $2.7 million in federal funding for education-related programs — nearly three weeks after the scheduled distribution date. via @decaturdaily.
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BREAKING: Frozen federal funds for afterschool and summer programs is being released. @egmackey #alpolitics #aledchat.
I’m pleased to see these funds released to support after-school and summer programs. I appreciate @POTUS and @RussVought45 responding to our request to ensure our local communities can continue to serve students and families.
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BREAKING: Afterschool and summer education program funding is being released. #alpolitics #aledchat @egmackey.
BIG NEWS!. @RussVought45 just informed me that the @usedgov is releasing crucial funds to states that support after school and summer education programs. This is in direct response to a letter I led my @SenateGOP colleagues on earlier this week!. More information on the letter
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The new private Christian school would begin with Head Start and preK programs and serve students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The site will also include a family life center and a workforce development facility. #aledchat
aldailynews.com
The Autauga County school board met Tuesday and among other decisions, addressed two major items.
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Hey hey hey. Tune in as @toddcstacy @MarySellADN @alexangle_ and I dive in a little deeper to recent news stories on our In the Weeds podcast. #alpolitics #aledchat.
aldailynews.com
Mary, Trish, Alex and Todd are talking about the rescission package in Congress, what might happen to that frozen $68 million in federal funding, the latest education reading & math scores, the...
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