In November, I told you about an attempt on the part of the Michigan Republicans to create a parallel, for-profit education system, right alongside the Michigan public school system, unanswerable to anyone, save for an appointee of the Governor. Well, according to a report in yesterday’s Detroit News, things are progressing quickly thanks to the […]
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Governor Snyder’s office and corporate interests conspire in “secret work group” to bring voucher system to Michigan K-12 education
Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bay Mills Community College, Bhushan Kulkarni, charter schools, David Behen, dismantling of public education, distance education, EduCard, edutainment, keeping the poor from education, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, MEA, Michigan Education Association, Michigan Education Card, Mike Huckabee, Oxford Foundation, public education, Rick Snyder, school vouchers, Steve Cook, teachers, threats to public education, top secret, trends in American education, value school 38 Comments
Would you pay $5 to berate a public school teacher at Saturday’s “Patriots in the Park” event with Sarah Palin?
According to reports emanating from the swirling gyre of paranoia and retardation that is the Willow Run Tea Party Caucus, it looks as though everyone’s favorite demagoguing mama grizzly, Sarah Palin, will be with us this weekend, promoting the overthrow of our democratically elected officials and extolling the virtues of corporate fascism. According to organizers […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Americans for Prosperity, business ideas, city services, David Koch, Koch brothers, Mark's big ideas, new ideas in retail, Patriots in the Park, performance art, Sarah Palin, tea party, Thayrone X, Thom Elliott, uninsured children, welfare queens, Willow Run Tea Party Caucus, Ypsilanti Fire Department, Ypsilanti police department, Ypsilanti Township 83 Comments