Camille Phillips
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@tprnews education reporter and host of The Enduring Gap and Golden Pennies podcast series. #Mizzou Journalism grad. [email protected]
San Antonio, TX
Joined December 2007
I’m staying on Twitter for now so that sources can reach me, but I am no longer sharing my reporting here. You can find my reporting, and TPR’s too, at the places below.
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NEW: The Education Dept. layoffs continued overnight, w/ the main office in charge of special ed funding being “decimated,” as one person described. “They cut just about everyone that works with IDEA funding,” said another. “I’m not sure how these programs exist moving forward.”
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NEW: The U.S. Department of Education on Friday laid off over 460 employees — roughly a fifth of its remaining staff — dramatically reducing the workforce of a beleaguered agency that is already struggling to serve students on the heels of massive cuts. https://t.co/hzYA2GwYCV
usatoday.com
The number was made public Friday from the Justice Department, after the White House delivered on its threat of a fresh wave of firings
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UTSA is offering 10 new degree options this fall—including much anticipated degrees in journalism, behavioral science and software engineering. These programs are centered around hands-on learning, allowing students to gain a competitive edge by the time they graduate. For a
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What to know about Texas ending in-state tuition for undocumented students https://t.co/dLc9QkqVPj
texastribune.org
College access experts urged affected students not to withdraw from school while they assess their options.
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Dear Trinity Community, The university has learned that Kellyanne Lytal, the young daughter of Trinity football offensive coordinator Wade Lytal ’09, has been confirmed as deceased following the catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River last week. Our entire community
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Former San Antonio ISD could be moving on again.
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez is a finalist for a job overseeing Massachusetts' nearly 400 school districts.
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Marc LaHood kisses his wife Erica when early voting results come in showing him with 52% of the vote before Election Day results are tallied. @TPRNews
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Five years ago, immigrants helped police investigate the El Paso Walmart shooting. They are eligible for special visas for crime witnesses who assist the police. But they're still waiting for news about their applications, @nachoaguilar reports. https://t.co/BlXCtp9P6F
keranews.org
The U visa was created in 2000 “to strengthen the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute cases” relating to several major crimes. But applicants could wait several more...
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Moderates win decisive victory for control of North East ISD school board | TPR. @TPRNews
tpr.org
The high-stakes — and high-dollar — trustee election for the North East Independent School District returned San Antonio’s second largest school district to a solid moderate board majority.
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In an ISD w/ 14k students, only 827 people traveled to the handful of polling sites w/ @swisd ballots. And SWISD is an at-large district, meaning everyone who lives in it is eligible to vote for all 7 trustees.
.@swisd election results are in. Still via the district FB page due to the unusual way they conduct elections. The 3 incumbents won (not the former trustees who lost re-election after campaigning to join the general ballot last year).
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.@swisd election results are in. Still via the district FB page due to the unusual way they conduct elections. The 3 incumbents won (not the former trustees who lost re-election after campaigning to join the general ballot last year).
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Protest against the war in Gaza and against TX Gov. Abbott’s executive order singling out pro-Palestinian student groups for what he considers antisemitic speech. @TPRNews
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Dancing in joy just after the end of totality at Northwest Vista College.
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Reaction to the darkness during the eclipse totality at Northwest Vista College today.
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Moments away from totality at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio. Too cloudy to see much of the eclipse itself, but it still got dark.
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Briefly breaking my Twitter hiatus to say you can find me on Thre*ds. camille.m.phillips
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