At the International Academy of Saginaw, math is taught through a proprietary curriculum of the school’s management company, SABIS. Called “Teach-Practice-Check,” it’s “really just good teaching,” said Justin Doughty, director. Material is taught, practiced as a group, practiced individually and checked for mastery. Advanced students are christened “prefects” and enlisted to help slower peers. Doughty said […]
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Reading champs point to early prep
Now in its 16th year, Island City Academy was founded as an independent charter school in Eaton Rapids, a small town about 20 miles south of Lansing. Thomas Ackerson, its principal, said the school was born to institute a back-to-basics program that ran counter to the educational trends of the time. “The original idea was […]
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The champs in charters
Twenty-three Michigan charter school campuses claimed at least a tie for a championship in one of eight academic categories in Bridge Magazine’s Academic Charter State Championships for the 2010-11 school year. Champion districts are listed in alphabetical order. Below the winners, you will find a searchable database of all charter school results in the eight […]
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Poll: Voters back university funding pool
Michigan voters are supportive of state universities’ positive role in the Michigan economy. And they’re interested in looking at new ways to improve campus funding and accountability. Those are key conclusions from a new Business Leaders for Michigan poll released today. The poll of 600 statewide voters, conducted in January, found: * 92 percent support […]
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Guest post: How do we lure college grads to Michigan?
I was playing around with a variety of datasets the other day (I need a hobby) and came across a tabulation that I found quite interesting, in that it relates to the issue of attracting and retaining young people — particularly educated ones — in Michigan. Previous work that I had done showed that we […]
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What's 'tuition and fees' in Portuguese?
President Obama’s recent visit to Michigan — and this magazine — have been shining a light on the depressing subject of college costs, and their seemingly out-of-control upward spiral. Tales of recent college graduates with few job prospects and mortgage-size debt have parents and students sitting down for serious discussions of bills and the future. […]
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We already did your college report card, Mr. President
Speaking at the University of Michigan today, President Barack Obama blasted rising college costs and called for a “report card” that families can use to check the true cost of attendance. Michigan families now have that information in a special report on college costs published in Bridge Magazine earlier this month. Obama echoed the findings of […]
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Renaissance snares Detroit championships
Detroit’s Renaissance High School opened its new location in 2005, an airy, light-filled building designed to house the district’s brightest and most ambitious students. Applicants must pass a test to be admitted and maintain a 2.5 grade-point average, and be admitted to a college or university to graduate. Standards are high at Renaissance, and are […]
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Challenge accepted: Detroit students soar to titles
Bates Academy and Davison Elementary-Middle are just two of approximately 90 Detroit Public Schools campuses that serve children in elementary and middle grades. These two campuses, though, accounted for victories in five of six available categories in Bridge Magazine’s Academic City Championships. Bates Academy scored highest in the 2010-11 school year in 8th Grade Science, […]
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See Detroit's champs and full district results
To determine Academic City Champions for the 2010-11 school year, Bridge Magazine collected and analyzed data for each campus in the Detroit Public Schools. All were judged by academic results relevant to their grade levels (testing at the fourth and eighth grades, ACT results and high school graduation rates for high-school grades). The results of […]