By Mark | October 30, 2014
The Whitmore Lake School District, which presently serves approximately 1,000 K-12 students, is reported to be $60 million is debt. And word on the street is that Lansing might dissolve the entire thing in favor of an all-charter system, unless a way can be found to put the district back on a path toward solvency. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Zemke, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor School Musings, charter schools, dismantling of public education, Linh Song, public education, Ruth Kraut, school consolidation, threats to public education, Whitmore Lake, Ypsilanti Public Schools |
By Mark | September 14, 2014
Our friends at Progress Michigan have just done something good. They’ve invested in a Robert Reich sound-alike to explain, in easy to understand terms, the true costs of privatization in Michigan. As fond as I am of my painstakingly-detailed and painfully-long rants on the subject, like my recent piece on the privatization of Michigan’s prison […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Aramark, corruption, Governor of Michigan, Mark Schauer, NERD fund, prison, privatization, Progress Michigan, Rick Snyder |
By Mark | August 11, 2014
It’s nothing new for us. We’ve been talking for years about Michigan’s failed experiment with for-profit charter schools. Now, however, it would seem that word is getting out to the rest of the country. The following clip comes from today’s Washington Post. Charter schools were originally conceived as centers of experimentation and innovation where educators […]
I occasionally get awesome ideas that, because I have a soul, I can’t act on. And I had one of those ideas just now, as I was sitting here, reading about a third grade teacher in Vancouver, Washington who just recently instituted a pay-to-potty scheme with disastrous consequences. The information at this point is scant, […]
Posted in Education, Ideas, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ayn Rand, bullying, business ideas, dismantling of public education, education reform, life lessons, Mark's big ideas, Mill Plain Elementary, pay to potty, peeing ones pants, personal responsibility, tea party, urination, Vancouver, Washington |
Yesterday evening, after work, one thing led to another and I found myself locked in the basement of Arbor Brewing along with with Mark Schauer, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Michigan. Fortunately, I had a camera with me, and captured a good deal of our exchange on the subjects of K-12 education and the […]
Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged budget cuts, dismantling of public education, Education, education reform, Emergency Manager, Headstart, Mark Schauer, Mosaic, Muskegeon, public education, Raise Michigan, retirement tax, Rick Snyder, virtual charters |
