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Guest commentary: Keep world-class standards for Michigan learners

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?

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

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

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)

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

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 [...]