Saline resident Lisa St. John has been searching for a permanent teaching position in Washtenaw County since 2005.
Pioneer and Huron high schools in Ann Arbor were ranked #19 and #20, respectively, among Michigan’s high schools by U.S. News & World Report. But Ann Arbor and other Washtenaw County school districts are falling far short of where they need to be. New U.S. News & World Report rankings ...
I take a lot of red-eye flights: leaving in the late evening hours of California and flying back to the eye-cracked openings of Midwest mornings. I’d like to think I have some decent reasons for taking such flights: a chronic procrastinator, they’re often the only flights remaining when I book; ...
The Ann Arbor school board has washed its hands of the balanced calendar debate, abandoning a proposal to try out year-round classes with periodic breaks throughout the year.
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Can something be both obvious and yet unthinkable at the same time? In the case of consolidating local governments or school districts in Michigan, the answer to that question has been “yes’’ for far too long. That is why no one should underestimate the significance of what is now underway ...
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 ...
I have a few comments about the school millage story that appeared in your March 1 paper. The proposed school millage increase is being fraudulently misrepresented as a “technology” tax. What is really being approved is more school taxation so that teachers and school administrators can keep their excessively high ...
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 ...
Michigan's political leaders of both stripes spent the previous decade attempting to rebuild the state on a foundation in the clouds.
Regardless of one's politics, it is always good to have a smart POTUS (President of the United States) visiting your state. Sure there are the inevitable traffic jams, police overtime costs and logistical headaches. But there is nothing better than commanding our president’s attention, as well as that of the ...
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New Superintendent Patricia Green entered the Ann Arbor Public Schools system during a time when change seems inevitable. After cutting about $50 million from its budget during the past five years, Ann Arbor is again facing a $14-million deficit for the 2012-2013 school year.
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