By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
PALO ALTO, Cal. – In a year’s time, students in Michigan’s 250 charter schools received roughly two more months of learning on average than students who attended their assigned public school, according to a five-year study released this week by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University.
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By Kyle Olson
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – StudentsFirst, the organization launched by former Washington, D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, has demonstrated its commitment to meaningful education reform by spending $500,000 to defeat Michigan’s Proposal 2, an initiative that would enshrine collective bargaining privileges for government employees in the state constitution.
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By Ben Velderman
EAGnews.org
LANSING, Mich. – Last December, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder officially lifted the cap on the number of charter schools allowed to operate in the Great Lakes State.
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By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
LANSING, Mich. – A federal judge in Michigan issued a preliminary injunction this week blocking a state law that prohibits school districts from automatically collecting union dues from employee paychecks.
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By Tom Gantert
From Michigan Capitol Confidential
LANSING, Mich. – In late March, Mackinac Center for Public Policy Director of Education Policy Michael Van Beek thought the Michigan Education Association had new “talking points.”
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