Kalamazoo Michigan

Privatization Of Michigan Public Schools 'Very Real' Threat

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Education, Video, Privatizing Public Schools, Michigan Public Schools, Michigan Education Association, Michael Rice, Kalamazoo Public Schools, Kalamazoo, Privatizing Public Education, Public Education Privatization, Michigan Privatizing Public Education, Kalamazoo Michigan, Education Reform, Public Education, Michigan, Phil Pavlov, Education News

The privatization of public education in Michigan is a "very real" possibility, a state lawmaker said Monday, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports. At a t...

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Six Months Past the Kalamazoo River Spill: Failing Pipelines and the Great Lakes

Henry Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tar Sands, Kalamazoo Oil Spill, Fred Upton, Alberta Tar Sands, Kalamazoo-Michigan, Pipeline, Chicago Oil Spill, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

Remembrance of the Kalamazoo River spill is a good place to start our re-evaluation of infrastructure policies and begin the task of genuine renewal.

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Denver School Of Science And Technology Loses Obama Graduation Speech To Michigan School

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A school in western Michigan has won a contest to have President Barack Obama make its commencement address this spring. Kal...

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Obama Delivers Commencement Address To Contest-Winning High School, Emphasizes Work Ethic, Education

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Commencement Speech, Obama Commencement Address, Obama High School Commencement Speech, Kalamazoo Central High School, Kalamazoo-Michigan, Obama High School Contest, Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, Video, Impact News

In a contest that resembles one typically held by rock bands or teen celebrities, the White House recently presented the Race to the Top High School C...

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Colorado Is the Best State in America

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Yankees, Boulder Police, Lake Michigan, Kalamazoo-Michigan, Kalamazoo Promise, United States, Boulder Colorado, Dui, Derek Jeter, Michigan, Denver, South Park, Colorado State Police, Colorado, Denver News
Scott Janssen

I saw my fair share of neighbors gardening growing up in Michigan, but I can't say I ever saw them doing it topless, like 52-year-old Catharine Pierce in Boulder, Colorado.

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A True Catholic Education (I'm Looking at You, Denver)

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Catholic Church, Islam, Gay Sex Scandal, St. Augustine, Atheism, Kalamazoo-Michigan, Hackett Catholic Central High School, Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, Boulder Colorado, Vatican, Denver, Colorado, Denver News
Scott Janssen

I have a message for the Archdiocese of Denver: you're wrong. Dead wrong. Punishing a child for the "sin" of the parents is immoral.

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Gay Issues Split Church Coalition

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kalamazoo-Michigan, Home News

Three congregations in Kalamazoo, Mich., are pulling out of a church coalition that serves meals to the poor because they deem the host church too lib...

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Antigay Flyer Attacks Kalamazoo Ordinance

Advocate. | Advocate | Posted 05.25.2011

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Opponents of the LGBT non-discrimination ordinance in Kalamazoo, Michigan have resorted to scare tactics. ...

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