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Public Education Finance Act of 2013… a bold gambit to dismantle public education in Michigan once and for all

By Mark | November 29, 2012

Saying “I’ve never considered myself a conspiracy theorist—until now,” Rob Glass, the Superintendent of the Bloomfield Hills School District, sent a letter out to parents in his district yesterday, outlining the education reform plans unveiled last week by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. “This package of bills,” said Glass, “is the latest in a yearlong barrage [...]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bloomfield Hills, charter schools, dismantling of public education, Education Achievement Authority of Michigan, education reform, failing schools, for profit schools, for-profit charter schools, Gretchen Whitmer, John Engler, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan 2020, Michigan Public Education Finance Act of 2013, Michigan State House Bill 5923, Michigan State House Bill 6004, Michigan State Senate Bill 1358, Michigan State Senate Bill 620, Mike Huckabee, Oxford Foundation, Parent Trigger, public education, Richard McLellan, Rick Snyder, Rob Glass, school, School Aid Act, school vouchers, taking back our schools, Vickie L. Markavitch, ] | 43 Comments

National conversation on education reform picks up

By Mark | September 27, 2010

Spurred on by the new documentary, Waiting for Superman, NBC/Universal has decided to take up the subject of K-12 education across all of its various media platforms, in hopes of sparking a national conversation on the subject of reform. The initiative, which they’re calling Education Nation, was kicked off this weekend, and, this morning, on [...]