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‘No Excuses’ at Dove Academy

College is the new norm at this elementary school. More
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When less is more

Michigan is likely to see more education reform from smaller, targeted pockets of stimulus money than from the billion dollars that bailed out the state education budget. More

Splitting the bill for health insurance

Not all school districts pick up the entire tab for employee health insurance premiums. More

‘When we’re finished with you,
you will have options’

Rosewood Academy would offer students plenty of math, science and technology – just right for today’s job market, organizers say. But will they get permission to open? More

Extreme Makeover: School Edition

The Michigan Department of Education wants public schools to think outside the classroom about ways to improve quality without necessarily spending more. Think online education. Think performance pay. Think consolidation. More
Review

Too Expensive For Michigan

Our schools pay far more than average for health insurance. More

More or less

Length of school year doesn’t predict achievement. More

Pool Party

Health pool a step forward. More

‘Dangerous’ to whom?

Behind rhetoric, privatization saves money. More

The ‘me’ in MEA

Pension proposal is expensive and does not help students. More

Dollars and sense

We need to teach students about free enterprise. More
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"Some parents who attended a South Redford School District forum recently called on teachers to make wage or benefit concessions as a way to protect school programs." >>
"An ambitious proposal to overhaul Detroit Public Schools ran into opposition Thursday over the issue of dissolving the school board and allowing Mayor Dave Bing to take charge." >>
"At least 14 public school districts in the Muskegon area offer some type of alternative education, either on their own or through a consortium, but the programs are under both budget and academic pressure." >>
"Michigan voters may see a ballot initiative in August asking them to approve a sales tax on services, with the understanding that their approval would also mean education spending reform, the chairman of the House Education Committee said Wednesday." >>
"All Flint Community Schools administrators, including members of the superintendent's cabinet, are likely to receive layoff notices this spring, though the majority could be back next year." >>
"Sara McLaren is taking a once-in-a-decade opportunity to tie the U.S. Census directly to her civics and social studies curriculum at Niles High School." >>
"Research done by the dean of the University of Michigan school of education was featured at length in a New York Times magazine article recently about training effective teachers." >>
"A public education advocacy group said Monday that Michigan should begin taxing consumer services at 5.5 percent, while reducing the existing sales tax from 6 to 5.5 percent, as a way to generate $550 million for schools in 2011." >>
"Michigan Future Inc. has awarded an $850,000 grant to Detroit Edison Public School Academy to help it open a new high school this fall, the first in a planned series of grants." >>
"Members of the Fenton Education Support Personnel have voted to leave the Michigan Education Association and join Teamsters Local 214, saying they want better representation." >>
"The Kent County Circuit Court has upheld an arbitrator's decision that Grand Rapids Public Schools did not violate a labor contract when it privatized transportation workers in 2005, even though their contract with the district had not expired." >>
"The Detroit school board and its emergency financial manager must work together on a school redesign plan if they want to receive federal funding intended for low-achieving Michigan schools." >>
"Hudson Area Schools and Morenci Area Schools are considering sharing a superintendent and other services, though the plan is still exploratory." >>
"Michigan did not make the cut in the first round of Race to the Top, though it can try again this fall." >>
"Robert Bobb will receive an $81,000 raise in his second year as emergency financial manager of Detroit Public Schools, putting his income at $425,000, though most of the increase will come from private philanthropic organizations." >>
"Michigan Future Inc. has awarded an $850,000 grant to Detroit Edison Public School Academy to help it open a new high school this fall, the first in a planned series of grants." >>
"About 57 percent of voters likely would support requiring public employees, including teachers, to pay 20 percent of their health care premiums, according to a recent poll." >>
"Will Michigan be included when first-round finalists in the Race to the Top program are named, possibly this week? Not according to most predictions by national education writers and observers, though the final decision is up to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.." >>
"Four long-time school superintendents will retire in Genesee County in 2010." >>
"Charitable contributions to colleges and universities declined by 11.9 percent overall across the United States in 2009." >>