On Friday, a member of the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children policy subcommittee, Simone Lightfoot, announced her resignation. Lightfoot, an Ann Arbor Board of Education trustee, did so, she said, because it became clear to her that the Snyder administration would never accept the policy recommendations coming from their group, which had […]
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Simone Lightfoot resigns from the Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, saying it’s become clear to her that Snyder’s goal is to “destroy public education in Michigan”
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged Ann Arbor Board of Education, Coalition for the Future of Detroit School Children, Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, public education, Rick Snyder, School Reform Office, Simone Lightfoot, Skillman Foundation, Steven Camron, threats to public education, United Way 8 Comments
School lunches: processed, fried, and driving up corporate profits
Remember how, not too long ago, we were talking about British chef Jamie Oliver’s crusade to make America’s school lunches less toxic? Well, it would seem that, perhaps thanks to him, the press in this country is beginning to take the subject more seriously, looking into just why it is that our schools seem incapable […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Corporate Crime, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged agricultural surplus, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Aramark, Berkley, Chartwells, childhood obesity, Compass Group, fat, Jamie Oliver, National School Lunch Program, nutrition, Pilgrim’s, privatization, Roland Zullo, School Lunch Initiative, school lunches, Sodexo, sugar, Tyson, University of Michigan 14 Comments
More school consolidation in Ypsilanti, and its long term ramifications
Tonight, across town, there is an Ypsilanti Board of Education meeting taking place. Primarily, as I understand it, they will be discussing their new Deficit Elimination Plan, which calls for the closing of our remaining middle school, and the restructuring of our high school, which, if I’m not mistaken, has been mandated by law after […]
Posted in Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Adams Elementary, budget cuts, Chapelle Elementary, class size, community schools, David Houle, Dedrick Martin, Deficit Elimination Plan, East Middle School, EdWorks, Estabrook, International Baccalaureate Program, Jason Wright, Kira Berman, Maria Cotera, New Tech Academy, penny wise and pound foolish, public education, race, Sarah Devaney, save Chapelle, SaveYpsiSchools.com, school board, school budget, school closure, school enrollment, school reconfiguration, white flight, Ypsilanti high school, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance, Ypsilanti Schools: Strong from start to finish 46 Comments