Archive for Tag Archives: ' charter schools'
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*Of all the … the federal government has been giving students money to mess around with experiments in burning animal dung. That’s one way to look at it. Here’s another: Michigan Tech students used grants from [...]
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*Not all charter schools in Michigan are alike. Some focus on quality; others focus on marketing to attract parental attention, reports Michigan Radio. This leaves some high-quality charters still struggling to enroll students. *In Indiana, “lawmakers are [...]
Michigan isn’t properly monitoring schools, education group says
Increasing school choice doesn’t help students, if the new options are bad. All too often, that’s been the case in Michigan recently with charter schools and cyber-schools, claims a new report by the reform group Education [...]
Guest column: Charter school boards need more training, guidance
By Gary Sands Since the new Legislature convened in January, more than 40 bills related to public education have been introduced. These bills cover a wide range of topics, from funding for pre-kindergarten programs to high [...]
Pursuit of money, learning mix
Do the profit motive and learning mix? In Michigan, the answer, so far, is – yes. Students at Michigan charter schools operated by for-profit companies perform the same or better academically as their peers at charters [...]
Politicians talk about school funding, but numbers show failure of effort
Just how broken education spending in Michigan is will once again be on display when Gov. Rick Snyder next week unveils his budget for the 2014 fiscal year on Feb. 7. The school aid budget has [...]
Stressed cities hear little sympathy from State Capitol
There is no funding problem. $30 + Billion dollars/year are available
Best, worst of Michigan communities’ fiscal ratings
It is somewhat humorous to see Saginaw on the Crisis Averted list, mov
Guest commentary: Keep world-class standards for Michigan learners
If, and this is a big if, the Common Core is used as it is (being adve
State leaders navigating a route to new dollars for roads
Adding to Michigan's already absurd sales tax system is a really dumb
Stressed cities hear little sympathy from State Capitol
Roger, Looking at the financial ratings, it would suggest that some