LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Some high profile public school organizations no longer use Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
The president of a national teachers union shut down her association’s X account in January.
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On Jan. 13, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, posted, “It’s time to let X/Twitter go. This platform’s decline from a vibrant public square to what is now a platform for hate, disinformation & manipulation has been painful to experience. Find me & the AFT on Bluesky, Substack, Threads, Instagram, or Facebook.”
Bluesky Social was founded by Jack Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter.
AFT Michigan, the state chapter of the national teachers’ union, had its last post on X in December 2023. Detroit Federation of Teachers-Local 231 – the union for Detroit’s teachers – lasted posted on X in June 2022.
Detroit Public Schools Community District’s (DPSCD) Nikolai Vitti stopped posting on X on his personal account in March 2025. DPSCP’s last post on X was in November 2025.
Chrystal Wilson, spokeswoman for the Detroit district, said social media was under the marketing department.
“We are using primarily the Meta platform due to its metrics and focus of our audience,” Wilson said in an email to Michigan News Source. “I do believe some items are still posted on X , but we have had major shifts in marketing over the past three years to speak directly to our parents and students who are on FB and Instagram. The students are not on X as much.”
The Michigan Education Association (MEA) had its last post on X in December 2023. Doug Pratt, director of public affairs for the MEA, has not posted on X since August 2023.
Musk, a supporter of Donald Trump, bought Twitter in April 2022.
Conservatives were upset with Twitter before Musk bought it for censoring conversative posts.
Mark Weaver, former Republican deputy attorney general of Ohio, wrote in Newsweek that there was “solid evidence” of collusion between the FBI and executives at Twitter to censor conservative commentary.
Twitter also suspended President Donald Trump’s Twitter account in January 2021. Trump created his own social media platform – Truth Social.
Ann Arbor Public Schools, Traverse City Area Public Schools and the Grand Rapids Public Schools still regularly post on X.
