Detroit teachers are using Twitter to document poor school conditions

By Lee DeVito

Jan 14, 2016 at 10:39 am

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Following the Detroit Public Schools teacher sick-out protests (and The Detroit News' callous dismissal of said protests), DPS teachers have taken to Twitter to further spread awareness of their cause. Using the Twitter handle @teachDetroit, the teachers have been posting photos showing the deplorable environment where DPS students are expected to learn.

The photos show crumbling walls and floors, mold, leaking ceilings, and other horrors:

Classroom @Cody DPS #supportDPSteachers @DreaMcCoy @DetroitEducator @PedroniTom @ktwomeyMEd pic.twitter.com/mDg19aLHjG
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 13, 2016

You might think this is an abandoned school but no. This is our normal. @DreaMcCoy pic.twitter.com/A5BPdsCYUS
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 13, 2016

Bullet hole 1 of 3 in a classroom at Osborn. #supportDPSteachers @DreaMcCoy pic.twitter.com/LeC8QmbxQN
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 13, 2016

Poor kids. They deserve better. #SupportDPSTeachers pic.twitter.com/VjW4tmmhVl
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 13, 2016

Nice crack in this window. Too bad it's winter. #supportDPSteachers pic.twitter.com/flQlCT3w84
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 13, 2016

Not doughnut sprinkles. #supportDPSteachers pic.twitter.com/HoyTG8WBbM
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 12, 2016

Beautiful wood flooring at a DPS high school. #supportDPSteachers pic.twitter.com/x5C7115bjp
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 14, 2016

I could post pictures like this all day from DPS schools. #supportDPSteachers pic.twitter.com/hoQ6qKFrG9
— Detroitteach (@teachDetroit) January 14, 2016

Follow @teachDetroit for more updates from the teachers.

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Lee DeVito

Leyland “Lee” DeVito is the editor in chief of Detroit Metro Times since 2016. His writing has also been published in CREEM, VICE, In These Times, and New City. He once asked porn star Stormy Daniels to spank him with an issue of Metro Times. She obliged.

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