State Increases Fee For Public Data From $96 to $3,800
Information in question covers public school employees
MLive Erroneously Reports New Flint Police Officers Get Just $11.25/Hour
News site confuses police academy trainee stipends with starting salaries of sworn officers
Meet The New Teachers Union Myths, Same As The Old Ones
New MEA leadership team promote old one’s false narratives in a ‘listening tour’
Ann Arbor Considering City Income Tax, Blames State
But city is collecting and spending more, not less
Detroit Charter Schools Outperform District School Peers On State Tests
In most but not all grades and subjects, the difference was substantial
Best Schools In Michigan Would Vanish If For-Profit Charters Were Banned
Two top-tier Democratic candidates for governor say that’s what they would do
The Quiet Good News: US Economy Is Doing Really Well
Middle-class incomes are setting new highs, poverty is down, yet no one’s talking about it
More Inaccuracies in New York Times Attack on Michigan Charter Schools
Fourth in a series. NY Times article gets wrong the number of charters that engage for-profit managers
New York Times Cherry-Picks Data In Takedown Of Michigan Charter Schools
Third in a series. NYT article excludes observations from nation’s most authoritative research
New York Times Article, Critical of Charter Schools, Misses Key Point on School Funding
Despite media claims, districts in poor communities get more funding, not less
False Claims, Inaccuracies Rife in New York Times Article On Michigan Charter Schools
First in a series exposing NYT Magazine’s sloppy and/ or agenda-driven coverage
DTE Declines Participation In Township Wind Farm Debate
State’s largest utility wanted just one consultant to give both sides
Giving More Taxpayer Dollars to Universities Won’t Make Michigan More Educated
No link between state spending and educational attainment
Post Labor Day Weekend Good Time for Tourism Talk
Lots to discuss with unofficial end of summer season
Michigan Charter School Growth Modest Since Limits Lifted In 2011
Opponents predicted a charter ‘in every neighborhood’
Outgoing Leader Was Disastrous for Teachers Union
MEA lost tens of thousands of members and power under president Steve Cook
It’s Labor Day, But Union Officials May Not Be Celebrating
The percentage of workers who are union members is down almost 50 percent since 1983
City Hassles Homeowners Doing Airbnb Rentals, Legislature May Come To Rescue
'This is a fundamental private property issue'
Average Detroit Teacher Missed 13 Days Of School Last Year
District needs another 425 teachers to be fully staffed
New Subsidies Show Which Groups Are Important to Lansing Politicians
Improving the rules for everyone puts residents first
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