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Sunday, September 11, 2016

Introducing...Educate Ann Arbor

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Those of you who have been reading this blog for years know that this year, my youngest child is entering his senior year of high school! Wh...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Good, And Plenty

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Exactly three years ago I wrote a post about how I hate the "Exceptional" tag that the Ann Arbor Public Schools uses to promote th...
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Sunday, August 28, 2016

Before The School Year Starts

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Maybe you have already bought back to school supplies. Maybe you are not a procrastinator. Maybe you are not squeezing the last few days of ...
Monday, August 8, 2016

Voter Registration: With Schools, Every Vote Matters

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Last week, the day after the election, I was helping a woman from Whitmore Lake complete a Medicaid application. At the end of the a...
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Monday, July 25, 2016

Election News: National and Local Developments

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Note to Readers: Before I share any national or local news, I just want to say that I think that this (November) election is super importan...
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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 ...