Recent posts
28 Aug 2025
23 Apr 2025
17 Apr 2025
18 Mar 2025
From the archives
Clear thinking about: Running public schools "like a business" |
May 2010
One of the things we hear over and over are calls to run our public schools "like a business." The...
A Parent Proposal to Assist Struggling Schools |
Dec 2013
Strategies to turn around troubled schools need to address specific local challenges and be owned...
Facing a clouded future |
Nov 2009
Part I: Reflections on the defeat of the Washtenaw Schools Millage
In this two-part essay, MIPFS...
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. 