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Our five ideas for moving Michigan public ed forward |
Aug 2015
The new state Superintendent of Public Education, Brian Whiston, invited a number of state...
Education is not like toothpaste |
Oct 2012
Will market competition really improve education?
As the policy debates over education “reform”...
The human cost of the "technocrats" |
Feb 2016
How many times do Michigan residents have to absorb disastrous policies before we decide a
While the overall spending level of the House and Senate budgets appears to be the same, the documents represent radically different priorities for funding public schools. The Senate bill reflects the work done by members of both parties over the last few legislative sessions, but with certain tweaks which reflect the priorities of the Senate Democratic majority. The House bill, in contrast, is a radical departure from the shape education budget bills have had for over a decade and reflects - sometimes openly, sometimes obscurely - the priorities of the House GOP majority. 