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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Swimming Lessons

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My heart aches tonight for a child I didn't know.  Billy Dunn was about to turn 19, and he loved fishing and swimming, and he drowned ...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Spotlight, P.R., & the State of the Schools

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Generally speaking, I am not a movie person. It's rather ironic, then, that I am talking about movies twice in one week! [The first ...
Friday, May 6, 2016

State House Burns Detroit Schools in Middle of Night Session

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While we were sleeping, the State House Republicans pushed through some awful legislation that burns the Detroit schools . (In case you are ...
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Monday, May 2, 2016

Please Vote Yes: Washtenaw County Special Ed. Millage May 3

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Tuesday May 3d the county has a special education millage on the ballot.  It's the only thing on the ballot, and it's critical tha...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Guest Post: Teachers, Statistics, and Teacher Evaluation

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Have I mentioned that I love guest posts?  Priti Shah, an AAPS parent and a UM psychology professor read a version of this during public c...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Election Day: My High School's Polling Place

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Here in Ann Arbor, we have the relatively simple and yet apparently not too likely to be tampered with paper ballots. They are easy to fill ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Ask the Ann Arbor School Board to Vote No on Tuition-Based Program

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I was surprised--and not happily--to see this headline from the Ann Arbor News: Tuition-based Program Would Bring Chinese Students to Ann ...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Ypsilanti History: The Desegregation of Ypsilanti Schools

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While it's still Black History Month I thought I would feature this interesting blog (and history of Ypsilanti schools) that I recently ...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Understanding the Impact of the Governor's Budget Proposal on Michigan Schools

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Michigan Parents for Schools has a detailed summary of the Governor's budget proposal and its impact on Michigan schools. I'm incl...
Sunday, February 7, 2016

The Inspirer Speaks: Washtenaw's National African American Parent Involvement Day 2016

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National African American Parent Involvement Day is Monday, February 8th.   Most local schools are doing something.  Joe Dulin The ...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Guest Post: A Parent Reviews Her Child's M-STEP Results, and Learns...

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A guest post by Naomi Zikmund-Fisher about the M-STEP results, and what they mean. Last week, we finally received my children’s scores ...
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