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Michigan School Money Report: An Interactive Database on School District Revenues and Expenditures

School District Consolidation, Size and Spending: An Evaluation

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Michigan Education Report

Michigan Education Digest

The Universal Tuition Tax Credit: A Proposal to Advance Parental Choice in Education


The Case for Choice in Schooling: Restoring Parental Control of Education

The Cost of Remedial Education

The Michigan Education Association: Is Michigan's Largest School Employee Union Helping or Hurting Education?

Michigan Education Special Services Association: The MEA's Money Machine

Raising the Drop-Out Age Doesn't Address Existing Systemic Problems

Dr. Ryan S. Olson, director of education policy for the Mackinac Center, spoke with Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry about a proposal to raise the drop-out age from 16 to 18. Olson stressed that the primary problem with the proposal is that it does not address the systemic problems that public schools have educating the students who are already required to attend school.



A report from the Washington-based Center on Education Policy stated that 63 Michigan schools are planning restructuring as specified by The No Child Left Behind Act, according to The Grand Rapids Press.


The Belding board of education has approved a contract with the Belding Education Association union that will provide yearly raises for teachers and save the district between $140,000 and $150,000 in insurance costs, according to The Grand Rapids Press.


Education news and analysis for legislators, policymakers and parents.

Further enrollment decline could open the door for more charter public schools within the Detroit Public Schools boundaries, but would there be takers?

An agreement between Birmingham Public Schools and a Jewish congregation might force a small, private special education school to relocate or close, according to a school founder.

At least a dozen of Michigan’s 57 intermediate school districts provided a vehicle for business and personal use by their superintendent in 2007, while others paid a car allowance for use at the superintendent’s discretion.

Posted: Dec. 20, 2006

Title: Education Policy Initiative

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Mackinac Center Policy Areas