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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Special Education Resources

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The New York Times has had a series of articles related to how parents can access necessary special education resources for children who nee...
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Privatization, Take II: The Bids Are In

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Well, AAPS has received the transportation and custodial privatization bids. You can read a summary of the board discussion on annarbor.com ...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Looking for Best Practice Models: Michigan Parks Planning

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It shouldn't surprise anyone that our state parks are facing many of the same challenges as our state schools--limited funding, concerns...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Trimesters: Can We End the Experiment Now?

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With a child at Skyline, I've now had nearly two years "trying out" the trimester system. I also have experience with block sc...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Trimesters and Algebra

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New state standards have pushed many districts into a trimester system. (The majority of Washtenaw County districts have switched over. In ...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

It Makes Me Appreciate James Hawkins

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The times they are a'changing. Last year, Ypsilanti Public Schools Superintendent James Hawkins retired (for the second time), and now t...
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Count Day, Round Two

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As soon as I heard that today was supposed to be Count Day , I knew that all of the county schools would close. How could they risk kids not...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Bo

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Based on the title, you might think this post is about Bo Schembechler , former University of Michigan football coach. Sorry, no. This post...
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The Long Winter

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I read on a different blog (one complaining about the winter in Baltimore, ha ha--they think they are having a long winter?) that Laura Ing...
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Monday, February 8, 2010

Commentary by District--Including the WISD!

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Listed in order of school district Ann Arbor Adam Hollier, AAPS school board member (the one who tried to withdraw, got elected anyway, s...
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Sunday, February 7, 2010

DESPAIR

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A social worker friend of mine who works with low-income families wrote recently on Facebook, Today was a bad day. There is so much despair...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Googlewashing?

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Over at Electric Educator (linked to on the right), blogger and teacher John Sowash had a post recently about the advantages of using iGoogl...
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Let's Talk About Food And Health

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David Jesse's recent article at annarbor.com about a Mitchell Elementary School program to provide weekend "food backpacks," ...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

The Rest of the Story: AAPS Budget, Part II

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I think I addressed the largest chunk of the budget with my recent post on personnel costs and my post on revenue enhancements , including ...
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Education and Prosperity

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Very interesting charts from the Free Press editorial page, regarding how the links between education and prosperity are much stronger than ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Bits and More Bits

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A new private high school, for high-functioning autistic students, is opening up . It's "faith-based." Based on the name, Veri...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

If Personnel Costs Are 7/10 Of The Total...

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If personnel costs are 7/10 of the total, what part can containing those costs play in a solution?  Education is obviously a very person...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

What I'm Reading

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A favorite professor in graduate school advised my class to "read widely," advice I try to take. He also advised us to keep a jour...
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Welcome Back...

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to Dr. Joe Yomtoob, who is working as a consultant in the Willow Run School District . Dr. Yomtoob has always cared about Willow Run, giving...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Revenue Side

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It is, in fact, more pleasant to talk about how AAPS can increase its revenue stream than to talk about how it can cut. So here are a few pl...
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