Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez) header
Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez) profile picture

As in “Ee-sah.” I’m a Doralzuelan reporting with @POLITICO's education team 🇻🇪 | Hablo español y Miami English | Send me tips at [email protected]

Joined February 2025
Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)Photo by Isa Domínguez (@IsaMDominguez)
Isa Domínguez retweeted
As school districts nationwide scramble to confront artificial intelligence, New York City announced a sweeping AI ban for young students — a move that signals a sharp escalation in how schools police the powerful emerging technology, w/@IsaMDominguez politico.com/news/2026/09/02…
1
3
2
337
Many people have asked me how to pronounce my first name. Here’s a great 2-second tutorial:
1
1
213
In today’s edition of Morning Education: The Trump administration wants political appointees to wield more power over federal funds. Critics say that comes at a relatively high cost for cities and schools. Read more from @macwilkes’ story. subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
5
378
Isa Domínguez retweeted
Also on POLITICO Pro’s Morning Education newsletter!
3
4
470
Anyone anywhere can — and will — dance the Cha Cha Slide, including @rweingarten at the @AFTunion Convention.
2
312
Seconding this — My family is doing alright and I’m thankful to everyone who has reached out. If you can and would like to donate, please check out the links @ReporterOriana included below:
2
212
Isa Domínguez retweeted
THREAD: For nearly five months, @adamwren and I dove into hundreds of screenshots, financial records and documents outlining a web of coordinated interests that sought to avoid a return to the “maximum pressure” that defined the first Trump administration’s Venezuela policy.
2
39
6
59
47,838
Exclusive in Morning Education by @Becca_Carballo: @SenWarren is asking the Government Accountability Office to probe how staffing cuts at the Education Department will impact its ability to investigate fraud.
4
430
ICYMI: The Education Department’s civil rights arm is investigating Smith College for allegedly violating federal sex discrimination laws for admitting trans women and allowing them to access bathrooms, locker rooms and dorms and play in women’s sports. politico.com/news/2026/05/05…
1
200
Isa Domínguez retweeted
Scoop in @politico with @diana_nerozzi: The Venezuelan Defense Ministry under now-ousted leader Nicolás Maduro in 2020 allocated funds to purchase a ballistic missile system from Iran valued at more than $400 million.
1
3
5
601
Happy five-year anniversary to the day the head of my college sent an email saying that Yale will be introducing an Avatar: The Last Airbender class that I fully believed up until I read “happy April fools” at the bottom. Never had I ever felt so foolish.
1
209
More on the Ed. move: The union chapter representing Ed. Department employees isn’t buying the Trump administration's economic case for handing off the agency's headquarters to the Energy Department.
1
1
178
NEWS: The Education Department is moving out of its headquarters, with the Energy Department slated to take over the lease for the Lyndon B. Johnson building. (I can only describe this as quite the crossover moment for a former Energy reporter now covering Education.)
1
13
1,174
Featured in today’s Morning Education newsletter by @macwilkes and @biancaquilan: “Trump’s push to dismantle diversity programs has tied up cash intended for colleges serving students of color. Now he’s facing resistance from an unexpected source: congressional Republicans.”
1
3
279
Tidbit from today’s Morning Education newsletter by @heyitspsalma: Title I and IDEA funding is next on the Education Department’s docket. “At this point, what we are doing is advocating for more money to be funded,” Secretary Linda McMahon said at a @CCSSO conference Monday.
1
1
1
217
McMahon is also gearing up for budget hearings on Capitol Hill in April.
66