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Detroit teachers are using Twitter to document poor school conditions

January 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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