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Monday, February 28, 2011

Superintendent Search, And More

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I got this in my inbox from the Ann Arbor Public Schools today about the AAPS superintendent search: A questions and answer session with t...
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Public Workers Are...

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...the people in your neighborhood! I made plans a couple of months ago to come to Madison, Wisconsin for a bar mitzvah, never expecting...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Results

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Community High's lottery results have been posted. It's a game of chance . Reports are that tomorrow morning (2/16) at 11 a.m., wh...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Sports News

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The Dexter school district fires their athletic director and football coach . The ACLU of Michigan is warning the Downriver League that w...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Betting (on the Superintendent Choice)

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My friend sent me an email, asking me to "handicap" the AAPS Superintendent interviews based only on their names and school distri...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Down for the Count

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Yup, it's back...count day for schools. Really, there is greater count day and lesser count day...proportionally, fall count day "c...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

In the News

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MEAP "proficiency" cutoff scores are being revised . Think it will help...ANYTHING? The Myths of International Comparisons (yes...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Work & Money

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Steve Norton (of Michigan Parents for Schools ) pointed out this timely issue briefing by the D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute : Are Mi...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

Deja Vu

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I woke up yesterday morning to WEMU reporting that a young woman had been stabbed outside of Ypsilanti High School. And then I come to find ...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Loss

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For Tyne Mosbey and Jake Rachford , recent Community High School graduates who lost their lives in a house fire this past week. May their...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Some Things to Read

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National Heritage Academies and Prep Net want to open charter schools in Ypsilanti Township . It's controversial. What do you think? D...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

2011: Keep your eye on...

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As far as I'm concerned, the #1 thing to keep your eye on (in Washtenaw County education) in the coming year is: The Washtenaw Interme...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Disintegration

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The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word - Disintegration www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political...
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Monday, January 17, 2011

It's Not a Black and White Question

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According to the New York Times' Caucus Blog of 1/16/2011, the Children's Defense Fund has found the following: Four in 10 black ...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Reprise: MLK Day

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What do you do with your kids on MLK Day? (Last year's post, but it is still relevant.) As I said, I have wanted the Michigan Theater...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Ypsilanti's Turnaround Problem

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Now that you've read about Detroit, let's turn our attention to Ypsilanti. Ypsilanti has two interrelated problems. One problem is t...

Shell Game?

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The Detroit school district is facing a huge deficit. As it is right now, classes are overcrowded, even in the schools that are not "...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Name That School!

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Recognize this school? I know what you are thinking: "That postcard says "Tappan!" But I know that's Burns Park!"...
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Sunday, January 9, 2011

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

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When we came home from the preliminary round of Future Stars last night, my husband said to me, "I don't think they sang that well ...
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Friday, January 7, 2011

Milan: Sad News

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There have been three deaths in the Milan Area Schools in the last few months--the deaths of senior Eric Harrison and junior Brian Copiacu...