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Arthur Hill students create educational garden through Michigan Tech program - The Saginaw News - MLive.com

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Arthur Hill students create educational garden through Michigan Tech program
The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Michigan Tech gave nine high schools in the state funding for students to create a four-year project using science, technology, engineering and mathematics, ...

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Hurdles loom for governor's budget - Detroit Free Press

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Hurdles loom for governor's budget
Detroit Free Press
Granholm emphasized that her plan would not reduce state funding to school districts, universities and community colleges; to local communities (through ...
Michigan governor unveils plan to balance budgets Reuters
Gov. pushes tough cuts, reforms for Michigan budget Lansing State Journal
Granholm calls for financial incentive for school districts to consolidate ... The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
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Watkins: School finances need - The Detroit News

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Watkins: School finances need
The Detroit News
Michigan recently received some good news on the school funding front and bad news on the school reform front. President Obama pushed a $26 billion dollar ...
Schools could see 'Edujobs' funds by fall Huron Daily Tribune
School changes are emotional battlefield Lansing State Journal

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Mackinac Center says school consolidation study by MSU professor may contain ... - AnnArbor.com

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Mackinac Center says school consolidation study by MSU professor may contain ...
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That's why a lot of research to date on school district consolidation has been mixed." The state of Michigan can approach school district consolidation in a ...

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Granholm calls for financial incentive for school districts to consolidate ... - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com

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Granholm calls for financial incentive for school districts to consolidate ...
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
AP File PhotoMike Flanagan Michigan schools soon could compete for a slice of a $50 million incentive to consolidate districts and share services, ...

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Schools Are About to Open: Drivers Please Be Cautious! - InjuryBoard.com (blog)

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Schools Are About to Open: Drivers Please Be Cautious!
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Bello is a Justice Pac member of the American Association for Justice, Sustaining and Justice Pac member of the Michigan Association for Justice, ...

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Michigan governor unveils plan to balance budgets - Reuters

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Reuters

Michigan governor unveils plan to balance budgets
Reuters
For the fiscal 2010 budget, the Democratic governor proposed funding the state's 28 community colleges with $208.4 million of surplus money in the School ...
Granholm calls for financial incentive for school districts to consolidate ... The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Granholm to reveal 2010-11 budget Wednesday The Detroit News

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Michigan loses out on Race to the Top dollars - Romeo Observer

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Michigan loses out on Race to the Top dollars
Romeo Observer
Michigan and its schools are pushing forward with new educative legislation despite a lack of funding to back it up. ...

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University of Michigan launches new nutrition and obesity research center - U-M Health System News

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University of Michigan launches new nutrition and obesity research center
U-M Health System News
“The funding of MNORC would not have been possible without early investments by the Medical School, especially the Endowment for the Biological Sciences, ...

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The long view - City Pulse

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The long view
City Pulse
... to eliminate all local property taxes for school funding. I mean, we/they/the Michigan legislature created a hole larger than our whole general fund but ...

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Ohioans Share Tales of Economic Woes Ahead of Obama's Visit - FOXNews

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Ohioans Share Tales of Economic Woes Ahead of Obama's Visit
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Just eight states, including nearby Michigan, have a rate of unemployment equal to or greater than Ohio's. "I'd like to know how he plans to get the wages ...

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Local Briefs - South Bend Tribune

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Local Briefs
South Bend Tribune
A 10-year-old Chicago boy who was pulled from Lake Michigan on Monday afternoon in Berrien County has died. Ethan Seitzer was at a private beach in ...

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Snyder Talks Up 'Fixing Michigan' in Chelsea - Michigan Capitol Confidential

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Snyder Talks Up 'Fixing Michigan' in Chelsea
Michigan Capitol Confidential
Snyder dodged a question from a public school employee about school funding. He told him that the state had to take a "step back" and look at what was the ...
Republican nominee Rick Snyder calls for growth and reform during town hall in ... AnnArbor.com

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Charter schools reach out to homeless youth - The Detroit News

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Charter schools reach out to homeless youth
The Detroit News
Covenant House Academies has the only charter schools targeted to homeless and at-risk youth in Michigan and one of a few in the nation operated through a ...

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Michigan Misses Race To the Top Funding – But Schools Must Comply With Reforms - St. Ignace News (subscription)

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Michigan Misses Race To the Top Funding – But Schools Must Comply With Reforms
St. Ignace News (subscription)
The federal government recently announced that the State of Michigan failed to become a finalist for the Race to the Top program's second ...

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AP IMPACT: Laws on sports agents rarely enforced - The Associated Press

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AP IMPACT: Laws on sports agents rarely enforced
The Associated Press
The UAAA is also under consideration in California, which along with Michigan and Ohio has its own laws to deal with agent oversight. ...

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Successes, Challenges Emerge From Efforts to Shift Away From Industry-Funded CME - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)

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Successes, Challenges Emerge From Efforts to Shift Away From Industry-Funded CME
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
Officials at the University of Michigan Medical School also recently announced a plan to eliminate commercial funding for CME as of January 2011. ...

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2 Local Schools Forced To Turn Things Around - WLNS

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2 Local Schools Forced To Turn Things Around
WLNS
The superintendent says the changes they will consider could be costly, so she plans to apply for several school funding grants. ...
Editorial: Michigan plan to force school reform a big step forward The Detroit News
Worst performing schools put on notice The Detroit News
Albion among state's worst schools Battle Creek Enquirer
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Leelanau Montessori becomes public charter - Traverse City Record Eagle

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Leelanau Montessori becomes public charter
Traverse City Record Eagle
... school competition increased and funding sources became strained — all of which created a volatile environment for Michigan public school districts. ...

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UM names new president - Baltimore Sun

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Baltimore Sun

UM names new president
Baltimore Sun
Nonetheless, he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Grinnell College and went on to earn a doctorate in psychology from the University of Michigan ...
Wallace D. Loh Appointed President of University of Maryland, College Park Citybizlist (press release)

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