I don’t know that it’s made the news yet, but, on Friday afternoon, in response to the recent decision by Eastern Michigan University’s Board of Regents to continue their enablement of Governor Snyder’s controversial takeover of Detroit Public Schools, faculty within EMU’s Teacher Education department voted unanimously to condemn the actions of the board, all […]
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Teacher Education Faculty at EMU Unanimously Vote “No Confidence” in Board of Regents
Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged corruption, Denby High School, Detroit, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Education Achievement Authority, education reform, EMU, Kenyetta Wilbourn Snapp, Mike Morris, no confidence, privatization, Rick Snyder, Stephen Wellinski, the corporatization of higher education 15 Comments
EMU Regents to vote Tuesday on the future of Snyder’s EAA. Will they finally do the right thing?
As you might recall, last year at about this time, the Republican political appointees who control Eastern Michigan University (EMU) chose to continue their sponsorship of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s controversial Education Achievement Authority (EAA) despite the urging of EMU President Susan Martin, the faculty, and the students they have sworn to serve. Saying that […]
Posted in Education, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Brian Banks, Chop House, Detroit Public Schools, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, Education Achievement Authority, EMU, Jim Stapleton, Rick Snyder, Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, Simone Lightfoot, Steve Wellinski, Teach for America, threats to public education, transparency 18 Comments
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”
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 […]
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, Michigan Department of Education, public education, Rick Snyder, School Reform Office, Simone Lightfoot, Skillman Foundation, threats to public education, United Way 8 Comments