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Dan Varner

@varnerdan

Believer that anything is possible. Tweets are my own.

Joined September 2009
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Remembering with much love the grandmas and others who helped make Think Detroit a reality. teapawt.net/michaeltenbusch/status…
Mike Tenbusch (@michaeltenbusch) profile pictureMike Tenbusch@michaeltenbusch28 Apr 2017
What's happening in Detroit is amazing--especially from where we were 20 years ago. buff.ly/2pcwvyG @MayorMikeDuggan @DetroitPAL
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Whether you count by hours, days, months, or years it still adds up the same: WAY TOO LONG. 3 years of the #FlintWaterCrisis
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School integration--if we can achieve it--would create positive outcomes for all Americans. More on the "if." theatlantic.com/education/ar…

School Integration Needs a New Hero

The Department of Education killed a federal program supporting diversity efforts, but perhaps state courts and school boards are poised to champion desegregation.

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I appreciate the courage of athletes advocating for positive change. It's good to know that they have support from @RISEtoWIN. teapawt.net/RISEtoWIN/status/84997…
RISE (@RISEtoWIN) profile pictureRISE@RISEtoWIN6 Apr 2017
Sports can unite people behind positive change. Read column by @JocelynBenson and Stephen M. Ross in @freep. on.freep.com/2o6nTcA
Athletes can lead the push for social change

Athletes can lead the push for social change

At a time when we seem so deeply divided, sports have the potential to unite people behind positive change. 

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For Detroit’s Children, More School Choice but Not Better Schools nyti.ms/292Y0UG #miched
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Replying to @jonathanoosting
SB710 remains only package w/ bipartisan support & could pass House if Speaker allowed a vote @jonathanoosting @ChadLivengood #mileg #miched
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Would be irresponsible for the speaker to adjourn the house in the middle of the DPS crisis. #mileg #miched
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We support the bi-partisan, quality focused plan supported by Detroiters outlined in SB 710. #mileg #miched bit.ly/1X7ZrDs
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Duggan's plan: Fix education for all kids on.freep.com/1WVC2F7 via @freep #mileg #choiceisours @mayormikeduggan

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's plan: Fix education for all kids

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is asking charter operators in the city to support his push for an education commission

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@wilhan26 May 2016
Good ideas aren't easily killed. #ChoiceIsOurs teapawt.net/chadlivengood/status/7…
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@ChadLivengood26 May 2016
ALERT: @Rep_Cotter signals #Detroit Education Commission isn't dead. “We have not made that decision yet." teapawt.net/ChadLivengood/status/7…
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Most DPS & charter schools in Detroit are failing. #DetroitEducationCommission #ChoiceIsOurs bit.ly/1NydAqF
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GLEP and MAPSA don't speak for us! @MIGOP #mileg #kidsovermoney #istandfor #senatebillsnow #choiceisours
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.@WalbridgeGroup CEO & UWSEM Cabinet Member John Rakolta: "We are underserving 120K kids in Detroit." youtube.com/watch?v=tP40iBGS… #choiceisours
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@wilhan15 May 2016
No matter how many times you repeat a falsehood, it doesn't make it true. DEC can close no schools in Senate plan. teapawt.net/alimarie12/status/7319…
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@MackinacCenter @Detroitk12 DEC helps set metrics and recommends the closure models
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@wilhan15 May 2016
DEC cannot close schools. Read Senate legislation! Plz stop the misinformation. And Cleveland? Wow. #ChoiceIsOurs teapawt.net/ingrid_jacques/status/…
Ingrid Jacques (@Ingrid_Jacques) profile pictureIngrid Jacques
@Ingrid_Jacques15 May 2016
Our Sunday Editorial: Lawmakers should focus on DPS, for now detne.ws/1Th3OZ8 via @detroitnews @detnewsopinion
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.@varnerdan: the #DEC is not about limiting school choice, it's about academic accountability, quality choice #flashpoint w/ @newsGuy4
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When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. -Alexander Den Heijer – at Detroit, MI
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@varnerdan Diversity in educational options is not a bad thing. The problem is there's no coherence between them. #IssueSummit
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Great remarks by @david_egner on the impact of coaches and police officers changing the game for kids in #detroit at @detroitpal mvp dinner.
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ESD's @VarnerDan: DEC would allow high-performing charters to replicate. #mileg #edchat #choiceisours
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