Trisha Powell Crain

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.

Congratulations to MBHS Custodian, I Garsuta, for winning a gold medal at the 2025 World Police and Fire Games this summer in Birmingham! I was a basketball coach for the Philippines team.

More energy usage than all the residences in Birmingham. 2 million gallons a day of water. More than 100 acres of forest clear cut. Putting the Birmingham darter at risk of extinction. Read about the impacts of a proposed data center in Alabama here: insideclimatenews.org/news/25072025/…

Here's a brief clip of my interview with House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, who presided over the Southern Legislative Conference this year in Birmingham. Watch the full interview as part of our on-location coverage of SLC tonight on @CapitolJournal! #alpolitics

School officials I've spoken with are relieved the funds will be available soon. #aledchat aldailynews.com/feds-release-f…

The more information we can share, the better. Stay aware of how heat can impact cars.

BREAKING: Alabama's $50+ million in federal education funds are unfrozen. A USDOE official shared a statement with @aldailynews stating OMB finished its review and directed the USDOE to release the frozen education funds. Funds will be dispersed next week. Story soon. #aledchat

New @edchoice report and blog with @AngelaRWatson! We survey a nationally representative sample to answer -- who are the homeschoolers? You may be surprised by who they are.

The new cost-sharing requirement is part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The law allows the federal government to shift up to 15% of SNAP benefit costs to states, depending on how accurately they administer the program. aldailynews.com/alabama-could-… #alpolitics

📢📢📢📢ATTENTION PARENTS: Beginning this school year, ALL public Alabama schools will implement the Focus Act, a statewide law passed in an effort to strengthen literacy & ensure academic success. Read more here & how the law prohibits wireless communication devices in schools.

🗣Big News from UWA! We’re proud to announce a record high in overall summer enrollment—up 7% from Summer 2024!📈This milestone includes all-time highs in both undergraduate and graduate enrollment. Thank you to our amazing students, faculty, and staff who made this possible.👏

Congrats to @CVCCPirates for being named a Metallica Scholars Initiative recipient, a national workforce development program supported by the rock band Metallica! CVCC is the 2nd Alabama community college to be named a recipient, joining @NWSCC. ccdaily.com/2025/07/metall…

📚We’re giving away FREE bookbags and school supplies on Saturday, July 26 from 9–11 a.m. at our Decatur Campus!🎒 First come, first served - while supplies last! Let’s kick off the school year right! 💪

Saw this story this evening about the issue politico.com/news/2025/07/2…

Pssst: Alabama is mentioned in this post. #aledchat

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

Let's take a look back ⏳ at some of our EHS students who completed Heavy Equipment Operator Training with a Skid Steer 🚜 this past spring. Thank you, Wallace Comm. College, Wallace Comm. College Workforce Development, and Skills for Success for providing this FREE opportunity!

It's Back-to-School time in Alabama! Welcome teachers!! #aledchat

Congratulations to @ShelbyALSchools PIO extraordinaire Cindy Warner! Well deserved. Always professional and responsive. 👏👏👏

The latest on a story @Trish_Crain and @alexangle_ have been following all week. #alpolitics Britt: Federal funds for Alabama summer learning programs to be released aldailynews.com/britt-federal-…

NEWS: We've received word that OMB will be sending notices to States that the Title IV-B funds (21st Century) will be released on Monday. Deets on the @AASAdvocacy blog: aasa.org/resources/blog…