Editorial

Utica School Board Member Errs, Blames Usual Suspect For Mythical Funding Cuts

District getting more, not less, from state; money from feds down, though

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News Story

A Lot Fewer Detroit Public Schools Teachers Rated 'Highly Effective'

But that may not be a bad thing

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News Story

How Much Less Union Politicking If Supreme Court Bans Forced Fees?

With compulsory fees coming in, teachers union spent $29.8 million on politics in 2016 cycle

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Firm Gets $220,000 State Subsidy Deal, Files For Bankruptcy

Records show $100,000 was spent; what happens next up to state corporate welfare officials

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News Story

Michigan PTA Needs Refresher On Law Governing Charter School Admissions

Conventional public school establishment's ally gives House Education Committee bad information

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Editorial

AFSCME gets Supreme Court snicker

Lawyer quip on public sector employees being underpaid generates laugh

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Analysis

Getting Harder For Union To Spread Teacher Pay Disinformation

'Taxpayers have a right to know where government funds are going and to whom'

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Commentary

State Corporate Welfare Agency Picks Winners That Turn Out To Be Losers

Program officials subsidize Cherry Growers, Inc., company goes bankrupt

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Editorial

‘Truth Squad’ Omits Key Michigan Charter School Facts In DeVos Hit Piece

Group of unnamed reporters deem Dem candidate’s off-base claims to be ‘mostly accurate’

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News Story

Nonprofit Helps Ex-Prisoners Stay Clean

RecoveryPark provides food to restaurants, path to society for former inmates

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News Story

Of Michigan’s 100 Best Public Elementary And Middle Schools, 30 Are Charters

This gubernatorial candidate would shut many down for hiring a professional management company

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Commentary

Detroit Schools Will Sell to a Prison, But Not a Charter School

Moves criticized by parents and community members

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News Story

Teacher Pay Data Part of Public Discussion Of School Finance

Here’s why we request data on teacher pay

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Commentary

State’s MBDP Job Creation Claims an Inconvenient Fiction

Just because government says its effective doesn’t mean it is

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Commentary

Education Budget Should Back Parents' Priorities

Snyder's proposal undercuts cyber school, shared time options

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Editorial

UAW Goes On Campus To Find New Members

Graduate students in California boost union membership numbers

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News Story

MSU Spending Big For Post-Nassar PR

‘That’s a lot of money on PR’ says veteran professor

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News Story

A Swimming Pool’s Worth of Parking Lot Runoff Not ‘Vital’ To Great Lakes

Millions from this $300 million annual spending pot go to pet projects, not critical ones

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News Story

Industrial Wind Farms Bring Political Conflict, Recalls and Lawsuit to Township

State’s renewable mandate also bringing hundreds of new turbine towers

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Commentary

Michigan Is Not a Windy State

The true cost of wind in Michigan is beginning to become clear

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News Story

City Taking In More But Manager Cries Poverty

Municipalities with growing revenue blame state for not adding even more dollars

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Commentary

Michigan’s Long 'Bad Driver Tax' Nightmare Will Finally End

A revenue-grab from the state's lost decade left a trail of social costs and broken lives

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Analysis

Did School Choice Opposition Help Doom Detroit’s Bid For Amazon HQ?

Charters are city’s most promising schools yet face significant political opposition

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Commentary

Meet Some Law Enforcement Officers Who Support Forfeiture Reform

Michigan Legislature should strengthen property rights

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News Story

Michigan College Lands On Wrong Kind Of Top 10 List

Albion College’s intemperate handling of student’s foolish gag attracts attention of national free speech group

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