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With Snyder’s EAA going down in flames, the EMU community urges their administration to sever ties

By Mark | February 19, 2014

On Thursday, February 20, at 10:00 AM, members of the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) community opposed to the ongoing association between their university and the Snyder administration’s troubled Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), will be gathering in Welch Hall to “demand” that all connections be immediately severed. Following is my discussion with EMU College of Education […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged BUZZ, charter schools, defunding public schools, Detroit, dismantling of public education, Eastern Michigan University, Education, education reform, Educational Achievement Authority, Eli Broad, Ellen Cogen Lipton, EMU, EMU College of Education, failing schools, for-profit charter schools, House Bill 4369, House Bill 5268, Jase Bolger, John Covington, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, MEAP, Michigan Education Assessment Program, MIke Flanagan, public education, Rick Snyder, Susan Martin, Teach for America, teachers union, threats to public education, union busting | 20 Comments

WISD Superintendent Scott Menzel on the proposed merger of the Ypsilanti and Willow Run school districts

By Mark | July 15, 2012

A few days ago, I posted something here about the proposed merger of the Ypsilanti and Willow Run school districts. Well, what I’d written was apparently brought to the attention of Scott Menzel, the superintendent of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District. Scott asked for an opportunity to clarify a few things concerning the proposed merger, […]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Sustainability | Also tagged Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, budget cuts, Chapelle, charter schools, civic involvement of students, community gardens, consolidation, curriculum, discipline, dismantling of public education, Early College Alliance, Eastern Leaders Group, Eastern Michigan University, education reform, Educational Achievement Authority, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Financial Manger, Emergency Manager, Great Start Readiness Program, Head Start, Houghton Mifflin, Lead and Learn, Maria Cotera, mentorship, Muskegon Heights, New Tech HIgh School, persistently low achieving, PLA, privatization, public education, School Aid Act, school budget, school calendar, school vouchers, Scott Menzel, social justice, STEMTech, student court, United Way of Washtenaw County, urban agriculture, Washtenaw Intermediate School District, Willow Run Community Schools, WIllow Run high school, WISD, Ypsilanti Area Community Fund, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance, Ypsilanti Public Schools | 14 Comments

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