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Lead poisoning: an "out-of-school" factor in student achievement |
Feb 2013
“[A 2010] report found that of 39,199 DPS students tested as young children, only 23 had no lead in...
MI Parents: Keep the Public in Public Education |
May 2014
Proposals for organization & funding of K-12 education in Michigan
Prepared for State Board of...
Director's Corner: Thoughts on schools, teachers and unions |
Feb 2009
The subtitle of a MIPFS position paper, “Why educating kids isn’t like building cars,” can get 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. 