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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

From MIPFS: Don't Let It Happen Quietly

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I got this email from Michigan Parents For Schools Today, about (surprise!) the Michigan schools budget: Don't let it happen quietly -...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Title IX in My Life--And Yours

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A few weeks ago I was talking to my daughter's track coach about the SHARP Title IX conference that took place in Ann Arbor. Yes, she s...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

The Accidental Essay: Thoughts About Ypsilanti's Budget

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A few weeks ago, I asked a person who sometimes comments on this blog as YpsiAnon to write about the potential consolidation of the Ypsilant...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Roberto Clemente: It Starts When You Care to Act

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By now you have probably heard that Roberto Clemente will stay open for (at least) another year. Over the next year the board will thoroughl...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Picnic Pops: Saturday, May 19th, 2012

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A fun, outdoor, ice cream social type event, with lots and lots of music. Join in the fun--free! Did I mention music? At Pioneer High School...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A Few, Quick Budget Thoughts This Week

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I don't have a lot of time to write this week, but here are a couple of thoughts. 1. As a parent at my table at the budget meeting sai...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

AAPS Budget and FOIA: Transparency, Where Art Thou?

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If you've been following the AAPS budget proposals, then you know that one of the proposed cuts is to cut busing to Ann Arbor Open. The ...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Tuesday's Election Day, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti

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Let's start with the tech bond in the Ann Arbor schools. I started out ambivalent about supporting it. After all, philosophically I thin...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Observation and the Science of Journalism

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Today the Ann Arbor Chronicle has a "monthly milestone" column by Dave Askins on the "science" of journalism. It's ...
Monday, April 30, 2012

The State's Teacher Evaluation Plans

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A few months ago, the state legislature decreed that there should be a statewide teacher evaluation system. They asked Deborah Ball, Dean of...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Sign of the Week

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

"You showed me my first wildflower"

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Bill Browning in action At tonight's AAPS board meeting, Dave Szczygiel and Nancy Stone presented an award and thank you to Bill Bro...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Title IX at 40!

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I have written fairly extensively about Title IX and women's athletics, so I was very excited to see this come into my email inbox: ...
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Policy Perspective: Share the Data

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A2Politico (Pat Lesko's blog) has an article up, AAPS Documents Reveal Middle and High School Classes Have 40+ Students . (Right now it...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Budget Tales (of Woe)

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It's not the most scintillating reading, but as Christine Stead notes , Michigan's Children has a decent overview of the budget pro...
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Monday, April 9, 2012

The Choosing, Looping, and Making of Teachers

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My friend's daughter co-writes a blog about Jewish texts. (You can find it here .) In a recent post , Maya writes: Our learning for t...
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

This Week: Lots Going On!

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The 99% Spring: April 9-15th Bob King--president of the UAW--has a really nice opinion piece in the Detroit News: You Only Get What You Ar...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Testing vs. Instruction

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One of the main complaints that I've gotten from teachers about testing is that there is now so much of it that it cuts, significantly, ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Testing the Year Away: Ruth's Comments

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My friend Julie and I went to last week's school board meeting to raise some concerns about the amount of testing going on in the distri...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Testing the Year Away: Julie's Comments

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My friend Julie and I went to last week's school board meeting to raise some concerns about the amount of testing going on in the distri...
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