Archive for Tag Archives: ' Michigan Legislature'
Guest commentary: Keep world-class standards for Michigan learners
By Doug Rothwell/Business Leaders for Michigan This year, Michigan public schools began using the kind of high-quality content standards that our kids need to be competitive in the 21st century. Used by 45 states, the Common Core [...]
Labor belabored: MEA losing members, losing fights. Will it lose its grip?
Michigan’s largest teachers union is struggling to keep a toehold as change-minded foes with growing momentum seek to topple the MEA — one of the state’s traditional political giants. The 152,000-member union’s finances are deteriorating. Its [...]
Long-simmering GOP-MEA ‘war’ intensifies going into 2014
The Michigan Education Association and Michigan Republican Party are on speaking terms – sort of. Last year, the two sides regularly exchanged plenty of words – words such as “protecting sexual predators,” “hijack,” “robber” and “lying.” In [...]
Research: Politicians have little idea what voters are thinking
Politicians aren’t particularly adept at knowing the views of their own constituents – and conservative politicians are the least adept of the bunch. Those are some of the major findings of a recently released research paper [...]
Guest commentary: EAA won’t answer simple questions about its finances (UPDATED)
By Rep. Ellen Lipton Files released Rep. Lipton’s office reports that the EAA has responded to her FOIA request. The 31 documents released by the EAA can be viewed at http://lipton.housedems.com/resources/publications. As I watched House Republicans [...]
Consensus on Common Core school standards evaporating
Seven years ago, Michigan’s Democratic and Republican lawmakers arrived at a rare moment of consensus: They agreed to dramatically raise the bar for high school graduation. A two-bill package passed the Senate without dissent, and there [...]


























What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
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What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Correction needed in the second-to-last paragraph. The period in the
Guest commentary: Local governments’ fiscal distress worsened by state’s actions
Property values won't go up until wages do, and we know wages are neve
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Once again, it's worth noting that only a foolish voter (as opposed to
What does Michigan have to do to get a little love?
Snyder and the Republican legislature have done nothing to foster a co