GRAND RAPIDS The group representing area businesses says employers recognize that parental involvement is important for schools, but doesn’t think the state government needs to mandate it. State Rep. Brandon Dillon, D-Grand Rapids, is co-sponsor of the bill that would require employers to allow workers up to eight hours of unpaid leave per child to [...]
John Covington joins Michigan Education Acheivement System, angers Kansas City
As the new Chancellor of Michigans Education Achievement System, John Covington will be responsible for turning around Michigan’s worst schools. But his decision to resign as Kansas City school Superintendent in the midst of district-wide overhaul is leading critics, and even some former supporters, to question his commitment. When Covington resigned last week, initial reports [...]
Bug days of summer
I’m thinking a lot about bugs these days. Spiders, too. Not on purpose, of course, but they are much more of a presence right now. I swear that I have twice as many mosquitoes in my house than I did last year, which means that either there is a hole in a screen somewhere or [...]
Should Michigan have a statewide pay scale for teachers? (Julie Mack blog)
Michigan schools Superintendent Mike Flanagan In an interview this week with Michigan Superintendent Michael Flanagan, the schools’ chief said that he thought a statewide pay schedule for teachers would “serve the state well.” An excerpt from the story posted Friday: “In an ideal world, all teachers would make $100,000,” he said. “I’m all for [...]