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The Michigan Messenger going forward

By Staff Report | 11.16.11

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 [...]

Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.16.11

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.

Class action lawsuit filed against MERS over unpaid taxes

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By Todd A. Heywood | 11.15.11

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.

Schuette fights important mercury regulations

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By Eartha Jane Melzer | 11.14.11

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.

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Bobb wants 41 new charter schools in Detroit

By Ed Brayton | 03.14.11 | 8:02 am

Robert Bobb, the state-appointed emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools, is proposing that most of the schools being closed down in that city be converted into charter schools.

The Detroit News reports:

A plan that would convert 41 public schools in Detroit to charter academies received strong support today from school board president Anthony Adams at a public meeting held to present options for overhauling the financially strapped district…

The fourth plan, called the hybrid model, was dubbed “the best approach” by Adams. It would include the creation of a new district, a request for a fixed level of state funding regardless of enrollment levels and the conversion of 41 of the district’s 142 schools to charter academies. The district would retain ownership of facilities used by charter schools.

But since those schools would still need to be publicly funded, it seems unlikely that such a plan would get approved that would pay for it. Detroit doesn’t have the money and the legislature isn’t likely to vote for more aid.

Comments

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_NGU3DAAIHVPK6K3B7Z323X6IXM jack

    Buy Norplant for black junior high girls. It’s cheap and effective. Twenty years later your students will be above average.

    • Anonymous

      Umm, race issues much? Why you gotta buy it for just the black girls?

    • Anonymous

      You are ignorant. What Snyder and Obama are doing to the schools is a sin. More concerned about busting unions, buying tests from their cronies, and privatizing our schools than they are about the kids. Ignorant jerks everywhere.

    • Anonymous

      “Twenty years later your students will be above average. ”

      Actually, on average charter schools do worse than public schools. The majority do no better than public schools, and charters do worse twice as often as they do better.

    • Anonymous

      “Twenty years later your students will be above average. ”

      Actually, on average charter schools do worse than public schools. The majority do no better than public schools, and charters do worse twice as often as they do better.

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