Michigan Schools

Business Leaders: Greater Preschool Access Crucial To State Future

AP | Posted 05.30.2012

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MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. -- Inadequate preschooling is causing Michigan students to fall behind early, making it harder to develop the talented workforc...

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Public v. Charter: Who Really Has More Administrative Bloat?

Posted 04.10.2012

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Public schools are often criticized and scrutinized for perceived administrative bloat, tied to concerns that those sitting behind desks in district o...

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Teacher's Aide Booted For Refusing District Access To Personal Facebook

Posted 06.01.2012

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A Michigan teacher's aide is fighting a legal battle with the Lewis Cass Intermediate School District for removing her from her position after refusin...

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Caught in the Middle

Eddie N. Fakhoury | Posted 05.28.2012

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Eddie N. Fakhoury

A small boost for a district that finds itself caught in the middle means protecting it from falling to the high-need end of the scale where investment will be more costly and return on investment will take more time.

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District Rescinds Punishment Against Teacher For 'Racist' Vocabulary Quiz

Posted 05.20.2012

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In a nod to the power of community and social media, Lakeshore Public Schools in Stevensville, Mich. has rescinded disciplinary action against an Adva...

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Kate Abbey-Lambertz

Cash-Strapped School District Begs For Outside Manager

HuffingtonPost.com | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.16.2012

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As challenges to Michigan's emergency manager law mount, Muskegon Heights school officials are practically begging Gov. Rick Snyder to put someone in ...

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Teachers Unions Step Up to Lead on Education Reform

Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 04.23.2012

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The only way to turn around struggling schools is to work together -- by demanding concrete changes that make low student achievement totally unacceptable for any group of students.

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Rallying Rivals for a Common Cause

Annis Brown | Posted 04.09.2012

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Our friendly rivalries aside, U of Michigan and MSU students alike are stepping up in meaningful ways to make an impact in the lives of students and the future of our state and country.

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Kids Used 'Gun' To Rob Peers Of Candy And Chips

AP | Posted 12.10.2011

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WARREN, Mich. -- Police say two Detroit-area youngsters used a toy gun to rob five of their schoolmates of candy and chips. The five victims were wal...

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Mother Of Fallen Teen Athlete Wants Defibrillators In Schools

AP | LARRY LAGE | Posted 02.04.2012

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Tiny Fennville, Mich., is getting ready to host a basketball game for the first time since Wes Leonard made a game-winning shot and collapsed seconds ...

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Michigan Senate Drops 'License To Bully' Bill, Adopts New Version

Posted 11.29.2011

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Michigan's state Senate dropped a bill Tuesday that critics called "a license to bully," and instead adopted a House version that represents a comprom...

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State Senate Backs Bill Requiring Pledge Of Allegiance In Schools

Posted 01.12.2012

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A bill that requires every Michigan public school student to start the day by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance has been approved by the state Senate....

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Lawmakers Respond To Controversial GOP-Backed Bullying Bill

Posted 01.11.2012

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Michigan's state House passed its own version of an anti-bullying Thursday, smoothing over the language in a bill passed by the Senate last week that ...

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Michigan Senate Decides To Lift Cap On Cyber Schools

Canton, Mich. Patch | Peg McNichol | Posted 12.28.2011

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Michigan might be getting more cyber schools. Under legislation narrowly approved 20-18 by the Republican-led state Senate, Michigan's current cap ...

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Michigan Senate Approves Charter School Expansion

Posted 12.07.2011

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Michigan's state Senate narrowly passed a bill Thursday that allows the expansion of charter schools in the state. The bill now goes to the state H...

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Mother Banned From School And Bus Stop For Confronting Son's Bullies

Posted 11.26.2011

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A Minnesota mother has been banned from her child's school and bus stop for defending her son against bullies, WCCO-TV reports. After her 10-year-...

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Recovery Schools Chief Defends Record In Kansas City

The Detroit News | Jennifer Chambers | Posted 11.22.2011

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The new leader of a Michigan recovery system for failing schools defended his record in Kansas City on Wednesday, a day after the district he used to ...

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State Affirmative Action Ban Ruling 'Nutty,' Attorney General Says

AP | By ED WHITE | Posted 11.11.2011

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DETROIT -- A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the work of one of its three-judge panels and said it would decide the legality of Michigan's ...

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Can John Covington Save Detroit's Schools?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.01.2011

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When appointing John Covington chancellor of Michigan's Education Achievement System, a plan to transform low-performing schools that will pilot in De...

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Former GM Exec Hopes To Kick-Start Detroit Schools

NPR | Larry Abramson | Posted 10.30.2011

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If there were an award for the "most challenged" school district in the United States, the Detroit public school system would have good reason to clai...

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WATCH: Detroit To Funnel 90% Of Funding Into Classrooms

Posted 10.15.2011

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Detroit Public Schools aims to put 90 percent of its funding into student education, DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts told MSNBC Sunday. "We're go...

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Teachers In Detroit Face Big Cuts To Wages, Health Care

Posted 09.28.2011

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(Reuters) - Detroit public school teachers will take a 10 percent wage cut and pay more for health care in what the school system's manager on Fri...

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Survey: Nearly 30% Of Michigan Teachers Report Pressure To Cheat

Detroit Free Press | CHASTITY PRATT DAWSEY AND KRISTI TANNER-WHITE | Posted 09.26.2011

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One out of three public school educators report pressure from bosses, parents or others to change grades, and nearly 30% say pressure to cheat on stan...

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New Law Links Student Progress To Teacher Tenure

Posted 09.19.2011

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed a teacher tenure reform bill into law Tuesday, overhauling teacher performance evaluations by tying it to student ach...

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Joy Resmovits

Detroit Public Schools To Come Under New State-Run Authority

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.20.2011

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A plan revealed Monday to overhaul Detroit's public schools left stakeholders with more questions than answers about the future of education in the M...

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