K-12 Budget Update: Saving face, at a cost
Well, they cut a deal. In return for a nebulous agreement on a "framework" for shifting new public school employees entirely to a 401k-style retirement plan, Gov. Snyder was allowed to rejoin...
View ArticleGetting clear about "profit" in our public schools
No matter what some people say, local public schools don't make a "profit." But many charter school operators do. Is that what's best for our kids?After years of quiet, malign neglect, the issue of...
View ArticleEducation is not like toothpaste
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MI Parents: Keep the Public in Public Education
AttachmentSizeEconomist Dr. Glenn Nelson's proposal to reform the enhancement millage269.97 KBPDF version of our presentation to the State Board of Education356.2 KBMichigan Parents for Schools was...
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Our five ideas for moving Michigan public ed forward
AttachmentSizeMIPFS handout with our "5 key ideas"93.38 KBMIPFS presenttion to SBE on school funding, 2014304.6 KBParents Across America statement on "quality education"54.29 KBThe new state...
View ArticleThe human cost of the "technocrats"
How many times do Michigan residents have to absorb disastrous policies before we decide a change of course is in order?How many times do high-handed technocratic systems that usurp elected control...
View ArticleUncommon Core: your Legislature at work, but for whom?
Our state, like our nation, has something of a split personality on education standards. On the one hand, we all seem to like the idea of going farther, higher, more rigorous. On the other hand, we're...
View ArticleBack-door vouchers for the well-heeled?
Hypocrisy alert: Vouchers for the well-to-doAmong the first pieces of legislation out of the gate after the Legislature's summer recess is a package of bills in the state Senate creating an "enhanced"...
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Letter from Oakland: reflections on NPE 2017
As I write this (15 October), the fourth annual meeting of the Network for Public Education is coming to a close. NPE is a national group dedicated to fighting for local public education, and was...
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Déjà Vu. Again.
I had not intended to write this column. I'd been preparing to reboot our advocacy efforts with a spiffy new web site and an overview of education policy issues facing us today in Michigan. And then.On...
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