More online charter schools will be allowed in Michigan under a law signed by Gov. Rick Snyder.
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Seven of Washtenaw County’s 10 public school districts, including Ann Arbor, saw a net loss of students to charter schools and other districts in the 2010-11 school year, a statewide report shows. Only Saline, Milan and Manchester experienced a net gain of students last school year, according to statistics gathered ...
An analysis of test-score data reveals Michigan charter schools are performing along the same achievement lines as traditional public schools, according to a report by Bridge Magazine.
I am writing with serious concerns about the “Parent Empowerment” package. The name of this package is deceitful. It would be more appropriately named, the “Charter, Cyber, for Profit School Empowerment” Package. Due to the amount of tax dollars that are taken from the public schools and placed in the ...
Victory Academy in Ypsilanti Township won't have its contract renewed by the Bay Mills Indian Community, according to a report in the Ypsilanti Courier.
Parents say the teacher's forced absence is the third instance of this nature that the school has experienced in less than a year.
A dean who has been well-respected for her initiatives to help Ann Arbor Learning Community further its major themes of environmental education, gardening and the performing arts is stepping down.
State Rep. David Rutledge, D-Superior Township, has been appointed to a new state panel established by the recently enacted charter schools expansion legislation. Rutledge is one of two Democratic legislators on the eight-member Workgroup on School Quality, a bicameral body that will convene in January.
The Republican-led Michigan Senate today gave final approval to a bill that would lift restrictions on the number of charter schools, angering Democrats. The Senate approved the measure by a 22-16 vote, mostly along party lines. It now goes to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder for his signature.
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State Sen. Rebekah Warren says her proposal to ban for-profit schools in Michigan wouldn't mean the end of charter schools — they'd just have to operate as nonprofit entities. And that would be a big change from current practice, she said.
Updated story: Ann Arbor lawmaker: charter schools making profit off educating Michigan children is unacceptable State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, is planning to introduce a constitutional amendment banning for-profit schools in Michigan. Details of the proposal aren't yet known, but Warren issued a media advisory today indicating she plans ...
I want to express my heartfelt thanks to state Sen. Rebekah Warren for organizing a most informative Community Town meeting at Washtenaw Community College on Monday, Nov. 7, on current bills before the Michigan Legislature regarding lifting caps on charter schools and related issues. Although this package of legislation is ...
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