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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Five Reasons I Support the Annexation of Whitmore Lake Schools by Ann Arbor

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I support the annexation of Whitmore Lake schools by Ann Arbor schools--at least, conceptually speaking. I haven't seen all the detail...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

There's a Fine Crop of Candidates! I'm Excited.

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Unofficial lists of candidates are in for all of the local school districts ( here ) and I am sure I will have more analysis later, but for ...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

YCS Citizens Finally Get to Choose a School Board--Who's Running?

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Because of recent changes to state law, we only get to vote for school board members every two years. And because of the Ypsilanti/Willow Ru...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Introducing a New Contributor, and a New Organization!

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New Contributor I am very excited to introduce a new guest blogger to Ann Arbor Schools Musings! We'll be calling this teacher A3 T...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

Schools: Plus Ça Change Plus C'est la Même Chose*

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*The more things change, the more they stay the same. Last week I wrote about Freedom Schools and the Freedom School curriculum , and I w...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Freedom Summer (50 Years Old) and Independence Day Thoughts

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I was trying to think of an appropriate blog post in honor of Independence Day, when I heard on the radio that this summer is the 50th anniv...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

4 Reasons Why You Will Mostly See New Custodians in the Ann Arbor Schools Next Year

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With the rapid privatization and outsourcing of custodial services in the Ann Arbor schools to GCA (assuming that goes through), you can exp...
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Guest Post! Helen Keller and Education for People Who Are Blind: Ann Arbor Library Exhibit

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I was on my way into the main branch of the Ann Arbor District Library for this school board meeting  when I noticed that there was an inter...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

Why Play Nice, Play Fair? No Need In Right-to-Work (For Less) Michigan

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Last week, a lot of bad stuff happened at the Ann Arbor school board meeting. The two most disturbing actions? 1. The school board voted...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Consider Running for School Board

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Did you like what the AAPS Board decided about the budget, the custodians, or anything last night? (I have no idea at the time of this writ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

AAPS Budget Vote Wednesday 6/11/2014: Custodian Outsourcing, State Budget Realities

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A Packed AAPS Day on June 11: Planning, Executive, Board Meetings This coming Wednesday, the Ann Arbor school board is expected to vote on...
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Sunday, June 8, 2014

Ann Arbor Chronicle Column: Students and the Body Politic

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Do you spend your time thinking about what it means to have a free press? Then you might like my latest column for the Ann Arbor Chronicle...
Monday, June 2, 2014

Last Year's Candidate, Brian Osborne, Takes Superintendent Job in New Rochelle, NY

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Last year's superintendent candidate Brian Osborne has taken (is officially going to be offered tonight, I believe) the Superintendent...
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