Remember how, this past October, the Ypsilanti Board of Education voted to give control of the Washtenaw International Middle Academy (WIMA) over to a consortium managed by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, and how Ypsilanti parents organized to block the deal from going through, concerned about what it might mean for both he local school […]
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We should have stopped Betsy DeVos when we had the chance
On behalf of the people of Michigan, I apologize… Not only were we one of three states credited with making Donald Trump, the least qualified presidential candidate in American history, our President-elect, but, as it turns out, we might also be responsible for ending public education as we know it. You see, we, the people […]
Posted in Church and State, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Detroit, Education, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged Acton Institute, Amway, Betsy DeVos, child labor, dismantling of public education, Donald Trump, education reform, HB 4052, Lily Eskelsen García, literacy, Michelle Rhee, minimum wage, MLM, multi-level marketing, National Education Association, NEA, Newt Gingrich, opportunity gap, privatization, public education, pyramid schemes, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, right-to-work, school vouchers, Secretary of Education, The Act to Enhance Access to the Workplace for Minors, threats to public education, virtual charters 102 Comments
Ann Arbor Board of Education candidates discuss the dynamic between Ann Arbor and Ypsi school districts, the possibility of merger, and the fact that school policies are contributing toward segregation
Last night, our friends at the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area hosted a televised event featuring the eight individuals running for the three open seats on the Ann Arbor School Board. While I’ve been unable to watch the archived Community Television Network stream, a friend just directed me toward the Annarbivore […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged AAPS, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Ann Arbor School Board, Annarbivore, Deb Mexicotte, Don Wilkerson, Harmony Mitchell, Hunter Van Valkenburgh, Jeff Gaynor, Jeremy Glick, League of Women Voters, Monet Tiedemann, Rebecca Lazarus, Simone Lightfoot, YCS, Ypsilanti Community Schools 12 Comments