I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Information released by the College Board which administers AP testing shows that Michigan students who took the tests scored better than students across the nation.
But that good news is tempered by the fact that few Michigan students actually took the test compared to high school students in other states.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports on the news:
AP exams are scored on a scale of 1 to 5, and students need at least a 3 to get college credit. In Michigan, 59,411 AP exams were administered to the Class of 2010 at some point in their high school career, and 65.7 of those tests received a score of 3 or higher. (Some students took more than one test.)
The good news: Michigan exceeded the national passage rate of 56.1 percent. Michigan also had a higher percentage of exams scored at 4 or 5. (In Michigan, 16.8 percent of AP exams received a 5, compared to 13.9 percent nationally, and 22 percent of Michigan exams received a 4 compared to 18.8 percent nationwide.)
Scores of 3 or higher translate into college credits for students, encouraging them to attend college or university and showing they are prepared for the rigors of higher education.
The bad news, however shows that nationally 28 percent of eligible students took the test, while only 22 percent of eligible students in Michigan took the test.
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