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Simone Landon

Detroit Area Charter School Teachers Form Union

HuffingtonPost.com | Simone Landon | Posted 12.15.2011

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After a six-month organizing drive, teachers at a suburban Detroit charter school voted to unionize on Wednesday, simultaneously certifying a new unio...

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Joy Resmovits

Michigan Plan To Privatize Public School Teaching Sparks Concern

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 11.02.2011

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Michigan state Republicans said this week they are preparing a package of bills to privatize public school teaching -- eliciting concerns about workin...

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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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Joy Resmovits

Michigan House Tackles Teacher Quality

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.10.2011

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Michigan became the latest state to sink its teeth into the question of teacher discipline and tenure Thursday, when the state House passed a four-bil...

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Michigan's New Motto: Blame It on the Teachers

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.14.2011

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Susan J. Demas

Republicans are forever telling us that they're paid too much. Unless you are saving lives on the operating table or vaccinating children in Africa, it takes a certain kind of chutzpah to berate teachers.

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