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.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says that he supports allowing the children of undocumented residents to attend colleges at an in-state tuition rate.
Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, turned a few heads July 29 in public remarks in which he called for teachers to be paid $60,000 as a starting salary.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and staff of the Department of Education sent a message to 15,000 school districts and 5000 college and universities Tuesday: Bullying is not acceptable and schools may have an obligation to intervene under federal law.
Robert Bobb, the emergency financial manager of the troubled Detroit Public Schools, appeared this weekend on the NBC political show “Meet the Press.” The show was a kick off of a week of conversations and reports about the state of education in the U.S. Also appearing was Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Washington D.C. Schools [...]
Gov. Jennifer Granholm says her budget proposal, released on Feb. 11, protects education spending. The Macomb Daily reports:
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan released a video announcing the 16 finalists in the Race to the Top funding battle Thursday morning, and despite a flurry of legislative action to change state law in order to revamp Michigan’s education system, Michigan did not make the cut. The finalists were Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, [...]
LANSING — A top Republican in the Michigan House thinks reforms necessary for the state to qualify for millions of dollars in federal education cash are being hampered by “special interests.”
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Thursday announced the finalization of an application process for schools to seek more cash from the feds, but those monies are tied to certain expectations — like student performance being tied to teacher and administration reviews, which could put Michigan on the sideline.
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