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Late last year, the state’s top education official had dire predictions for the finances of Michigan schools. He predicted the number of districts in…
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State Superintendent Mike Flanagan is warning Michigan lawmakers against trying to take a step back on school testing.An amendment to next year’s school…
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The Michigan Department of Education will end its exclusive contract with the Education Achievement Authority to oversee some of the state's…
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The financially troubled Michigan school districts of Inkster and Buena Vista have until 5 p.m. Monday, July 22 to prove they have the money to run their…
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Debate is underway in Lansing about whether to implement a set of state school standards.A state House panel held its first meeting on Common Core State…
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More and more of our local school districts are in financial trouble, and State Superintendent of Schools Mike Flanagan has a couple ideas as to what we…
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This week in Michigan politics, Jack Lessenberry and Emily Fox discuss the proposal to consolidate school districts into county-wide systems, the canceled…
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Virtually everybody agrees Michigan has too many public school districts. Some are too small to provide adequate educational opportunities for their…
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In this morning's news: Detroit pension systems, consolidating school services, Detroit City CouncilDetroit's pension systems vs. Kevyn OrrDetroit has two pension systems and both have posted fairly strong funding levels. But emergency manager Kevyn Orr…
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One hundred years ago, the state of Michigan had more than 7,000 local school districts.There are slightly more than 800 school districts today, and many…