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Detroit plan targets failing schools - The Detroit News
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The Detroit News
Half the schools would be opened though Michigan Future Schools, a program of the Ann Arbor think tank Michigan Future Inc. to bring 35 college prep schools ...
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Detroit targets failing schools in new plan - The Detroit News
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Half the schools would be opened though Michigan Future Schools, a program of the Ann Arbor think tank Michigan Future Inc. to bring 35 college prep schools ...
Amber Arellano The Detroit News
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Washtenaw County educators intensify rally call for state education funding ... - AnnArbor.com
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But Washtenaw County educators and school board members say those are simply short-term fixes to the larger problem of Michigan's education funding system. ...
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State shortfalls put alternative education at risk - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
The current funding challenges for schools, combined with the unstable home lives of many students in this population and the need to meet Michigan merit ...
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Set up cost reforms before seeking more Mich. school money - Livingston Daily
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Livingston Daily
He's a little shy with the details right now, but the chairman of the House subcommittee on school funding says he is in serious discussion with other ...
Democrat aims to increase school funds Detroit Free Press
Lawmakers may take school spending reforms to voters The Detroit News
Voters may get chance to weigh in on Mich. schools Toledo On The Move
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Wayne County news briefs - Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
The Michigan Department of Transportation awarded nearly $484000 to Noble Elementary School for its effort to improve safety for kids as they go to and from ...
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YES: Modernize the state's system to stabilize funding, transform economy - Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
As the percentage of spending on goods declines, the base for funding Michigan schools decreases. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has proposed fixing this structural ...
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2 top Dems say tax hike vote might be necessary - Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
Granholm has said she won't accept cuts to school funding. The Senate budget plan assumes the Legislature will reduce school employee pensions enough to ...
Let state negotiate teacher contracts - The Detroit News
The Detroit News
The state already sets school funding, retirement plans and tenure laws. They're setting the framework for teacher evaluations. They've tinkered with the ...
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Detroit targets failing schools in new academic plan - The Detroit News
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The Detroit News
Half the schools would be opened though Michigan Future Schools, a program of the Ann Arbor think tank Michigan Future Inc. to bring 35 college prep schools ...
Amber Arellano The Detroit News
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Fund education, jobs for youth - Workers World
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At Ed Smith School, local schoolchildren, parents and others rallied to protest cuts in state education funding. Rally organizers included Syracuse Teachers ...
Country-wide struggle unites students, workers, community Workers World
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State of Our Schools Address in Grand Rapids - WZZM
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WZZM
And in Michigan, the start of school is based on the tourism industry not the educational interests of children. Our public education system was not ...
Superintendent Bernard Taylor calls for more online instruction in Grand ... MLive.com
Taylor: More online classes, choices WOOD-TV
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Ypsilanti Public Schools amends budget with $4.9 million deficit - AnnArbor.com
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Houle said the Michigan Department of Education gave verbal approval of the amended budget, and he's expecting an official letter within the next several ...
Voters may get chance to weigh in on funding for Michigan schools - Crain's Detroit Business
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Crain's Detroit Business
By AP EAST LANSING (AP) — A plan that a leading Michigan House Democrat is exploring would ask voters to help decide the future of school funding. Rep. ...
Democrat aims to increase school funds Detroit Free Press
Lawmakers may take school spending reforms to voters The Detroit News
Rep. Melton May Speak On Mich. Schools WILX-TV
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Democrat aims to increase school funds - Detroit Free Press
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Detroit Free Press
Tim Melton, D-Auburn Hills, who chairs the House education committee on school funding, said a sales tax on services is one option being discussed for a ...
Lawmakers may take school spending reforms to voters The Detroit News
Voters may get chance to weigh in on Michigan schools MLive.com
Rep. Melton May Speak On Mich. Schools WILX-TV
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State not among Race to the Top finalists - Spinal Column Online
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Spinal Column Online
The Michigan Legislature passed a round of educational reforms in late December, in hopes of qualifying for Race to the Top funding. Not all of Michigan's ...
Fund education, jobs for youth Workers World
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Budget woes prompt school closures and other changes - Spinal Column Online
Spinal Column Online
Spinal Column Online
Last September, the school board authorized a $15000 consulting agreement with the Michigan Leadership Institute to conduct a facility utilization study in ...
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Democrat aims to increase school funds - Detroit Free Press
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Detroit Free Press
Tim Melton, D-Auburn Hills, who chairs the House subcommittee on school funding, said a sales tax on services is one option being discussed for a statewide ...
Voters may get chance to weigh in on Mich. schools 9&10 News
Lawmakers may take school spending reforms to voters The Detroit News
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Democrat aims for proposal for school funds - Detroit Free Press
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Detroit Free Press
Tim Melton, D-Auburn Hills, who chairs the House subcommittee on school funding, said a sales tax on services is one option being discussed for a statewide ...
Voters may get chance to weigh in on Mich. schools 9&10 News
Lawmakers may take school spending reforms to voters The Detroit News
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Coffee with U. of Oregon President Lariviere - Washington Post (blog)
Washington Post (blog)
I asked him whether he expects to see a decline in the great public flagship schools of California, whose deep budget cuts sparked a statewide student and ...
