michaela tonking

data analyst. education advocate. school funding analyst

[michaela tonking @MichaelaTonking]

@realDonaldTrump So what you are saying is the people who are the most educated are also Democrats

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Looming strike is an opportunity to focus on long term solutions. "Yes, the 4.2 % avg. per pupil increase for this school year is positive, but it’s impact is offset by the dismal 1.5 % that awaits schools the following year." Read more: https://t.co/PgQzfeE9bM #FundOurFuture

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Ultimately, root of the problem is inadequate funding. Per APA study NV is only 58% adequately funded...too bad #SB543 didn’t fix that.

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Press Release: #SB543 - Nevada's Missed Opportunity To Transform K-12 Funding https://t.co/5Hu3hpJuj9

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Statement from ENN: #SB543 #NoCommitment #StatusQuo #MissedOpportunity

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

#SB543 “Hold Harmless��� punishes schools for decreased enrollment but gives them nothing for increased enrollment. #DoubleHarm

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Amendment: We will fund our kids “to the extent practicable”. That’s how supplanting keeps happening. #NoCommitment #SB543

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

A before #SB543 & after photo of #SB543 #NVED $ formula
Marijuana and IP1 Room Tax dollars given the green light to continue supplanting.

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Amendment to #SB543 just ensures lawmakers can continue to supplant IP 1 and Marijuana Tax. #NoRealChange

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

#NVleg Assembly said focus shouldn’t be on DSA (base funding). But DSA funds 70-75% of our districts budgets. Low DSA = largest class sizes.

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Great commentary! We agree on everything in this column (the good and bad of the bill) and even submitted amendments to address the challenges. #GreatMinds #SB543

[Yvanna D. Cancela @YvannaCancela]

A CCSD worker sitting at Grant Sawyer til midnight to testify on SB551 because she believes the bill is that important for our kids. She is an example of why we do this work at #nvleg.

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

@HOPEforNevada

[FundOurFutureNV @FundNvEd]

Read our statement regarding SB543 Ed Funding Formula Bill #FundOurFutureNV #NVLeg #NVEd https://t.co/Hg8272ILgj

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Not an April Fool’s joke. Today we hear a bill SB 467, on Zoom & Victory without knowing how the new funding formula will impact those and other education critical programs. ⏰ #WhereIsTheFormula

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Will the new proposed education funding formula bill follow APA funding study recommendations? We explore the recommendations and ask the questions. Read here: https://t.co/RfW6lpIc56 #nvleg #FundOurFutureNV

[Educate Nevada Now @eduNVnow]

Great summary of ed funding formula debate by @aprilcore @NevadaCurrent. “there is a constitutional right to an adequate education and that the state’s current education-finance system is violating that right.” https://t.co/X7kb5KvXHv

[michaela tonking @MichaelaTonking]

@Icoacheducators I would look at Wyoming and Maryland

[Nicole Cannizzaro @Nicole4Nevada]

1st day of the 80th Legislative Session, and the first time there has been a female majority in a state legislature in history. I am honored to stand among these women, and upon the shoulders of those before us. Strong women- May we know them, may we raise them, may we be them.

[NPR @NPR]

"Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope," said 16-year-old Greta Thunberg at the World Economic Forum. "But I don't want your hope. … I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is." https://t.co/DQ6kXk5dFW