Tonight’s the night that I’d set aside to figure out what in the hell is going on with Ypsi public schools. Judging by the increasingly insane comments being left elsewhere on the web, and the epic emails that are being forwarded to me, it sounds as though the great experiment – of combining the Willow […]
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The “What in the Hell is Going on with Ypsi’s New Unified School District?” post
Posted in Education, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Chapelle Elementary, charter schools, David Bates, Dedrick Martin, dismantling of public education, for-profit charter schools, Krista Boyer, Laura Lisiscki, Michigan Leadership Institute, public education, restorative justice, Sharon Irvine, social justice, threats to public education 34 Comments
Michigan’s first for-profit charter school goes union in Detroit… Will others follow?
A few days ago, something positive happened on the Michigan education landscape. The teachers of the Cesar Chavez Academy, a charter school in southwest Detroit, voted to unionize. What follows is my admittedly too short interview with Daniel Kukuk, one of the American Federation of Teachers organizers who helped make it happen. MARK: So, what […]
Posted in Detroit, Education, Michigan Also tagged American Federation of Teachers, Arts Academy in the Woods, Cesar Chavez Academy, charter schools, Daniel Kukuk, Detroit, Education Achievement Authority, education reform, for-profit charter schools, Fraser, Michigan Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff, National Labor Relations Board, right-to-work, Southwest Detroit, teachers unions, union organizing, unions 13 Comments