Education

Ypsilanti's Dedrick Martin is finalist in 2nd superintendent search -- this time Kalamazoo

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Posted: May 14, 2013

Ypsilanti Public Schools Superintendent Dedrick Martin was recruited as a finalist for the superintendency of the Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency. Read more »

U-Va. administrator to become University of Michigan dean of libraries

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Posted: May 14, 2013

University of Michigan has poached University of Virginia's chief information officer to become the Ann Arbor school's dean of libraries. Read more »

Ann Arbor gets $623K grant to help out with University of Michigan smart car study

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Posted: May 14, 2013

The city of Ann Arbor is lending an assist on the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute's study of technology that helps cars communicate with each other. The City Council voted Monday night to accept ... Read more »

Next University of Michigan sports upgrade: field hockey facility

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Posted: May 14, 2013

A year ago University of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon promised some $250 million in upgrades to non-reveue sports facilities, and some of those improvements already are in the pipeline. Read more »

WITH POLL: University of Michigan proposes to raise employee parking permit rates after 1-year freeze

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Posted: May 14, 2013

Changes to parking rates will be voted on by the university's eight-member Board of Regents during a Thursday meeting at the Fairlane Center on the school's Dearborn campus. Read more »

Ypsilanti Courier: Ypsilanti Community Schools to offer employees reduced benefits

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Posted: May 13, 2013

Because Ypsilanti Community Schools made preserving current employee salaries a priority for when the new district launches in July, the joint Ypsilanti-Willow Run Board of Education approved slightly reduced insurance coverage Thursday night, according to a report in the Ypsilanti Courier. Read more »

Ann Arbor principals union: Next superintendent needs local ties, not Ph.D.

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Posted: May 13, 2013

As the Ann Arbor school district advertises for a new leader, its principals union is pushing the board to hire from within. Read more »

'He was Depot Town': Ypsilanti resident Tom Dodd remembered as community leader

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Posted: May 13, 2013

Ypsilanti resident Tom Dodd played an integral part in restoring the historic Depot Town and did countless things within the local community to propel it forward, but it was his magnetic personality that many will remember. Read more »

Ann Arbor's former Freeman School makes district more money leased than sold

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Posted: May 13, 2013

The former Freeman School on Dixboro Lane in Ann Arbor has not been used by the Ann Arbor Public Schools since about 1984. But district officials say the property brings in more revenue by renting, as opposed to selling. Read more »

Ann Arbor schools approves 14 paving projects for summer

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Posted: May 13, 2013

Summer is the season for school capital improvements projects, and the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education on Wednesday approved the first of its scheduled improvements for when school lets out. Read more »

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