Events: More Visuals From Today's Senate NCLB Markup, Please?
Heading into Day 2 of the Senate education committee markup of #EveryChildAchievesAct (aka #ESEA or #FixNCLB), we can't help but wish for a little more Campaign 2016-style coverage by traditional media and everyone else who's there.
We've got near real-time images of Hillary ordering at Chipotle and talking to community college kids in Iowa:
Hillary talking education and college affordability with students at Kirkwood Community College: pic.twitter.com/qzZki1hrFQ
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 14, 2015
But there have been precious few visuals coming from all the lobbyists, advocates, staffers, and journalists in the Senate markup so far.
Washington Partners' @DellaBCronin was among few who were giving us an inside view of the markup:
So much tweeting! #ESEA pic.twitter.com/gDfzpJ6Wz4
— Della Cronin (@DellaBCronin) April 14, 2015
The official Republican @GOPHELP account provided an image:
Markup of #EveryChildAchievesAct begins. #FixNCLB pic.twitter.com/HkvZX2Nu0L
— HELP Committee GOP (@GOPHELP) April 14, 2015
You're at the Coachella of education, and frankly we don't need all of you tweeting the same basic information. Serious or silly (or a little bit of both), what we need is some Twitter pics, maybe a Vine, or even some Periscope/Meerkat. Snap someone's great tie, or shoes. Make a sleepy colleague (or rival) Twitter-famous for a few minutes.
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