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William McKenzie: Failing schools get attention, need actionDallas Morning NewsUnfortunately, he wants to remove one student-friendly alternative: Ending No Child's requirement to let kids transfer to a better public school if theirs' ...and more »
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PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: Health Care ReformInsurance News Net (press release)PAULINE ROSENAU, Ph.D., professor of management, policy and community health at THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS School of Public Health, is available to discuss ...and more »
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SDNNWhat's best reform for DPS?The Detroit NewsI agree with The News' editorial regarding Robert Bobb and the Detroit Public Schools. Everyone involved needs to give their cooperation in order to have ...'TAKING OWNERSHIP'Michigan CitizenMichigan's funding model for public education is flawed, speakers sayCrain's Detroit BusinessNolan FinleyThe Detroit Newsall 196 news articles »
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City's kids need what teacher corps offersDetroit Free PressEmbracing TFA would also send an important message about the seriousness of reform efforts in Detroit, which has a national reputation as a school district ...and more »
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The Detroit NewsFive highlights of Robert Bobb's new plan to reform Detroit Public SchoolsMLive.comEmergency financial manager Robert Bobb today announced a five-year plan to close 45 Detroit schools as a way to cope with ...Public meetings will address 'hostile environment' in DPSDetroit Free PressEditorial: Governance change must precede more state money to DPSThe Detroit NewsBobb: Close 45 Detroit schoolsDetroit Free PressDetroit Free Press -Detroit Free Press -Detroit Free Pressall 492 news articles »
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Absent no more: School reform attracting once-reluctant foundationsCrain's Detroit BusinessBroad provided $28000 last year and $56000 this year towards Detroit Public Schools emergency financial manager Robert Bobb's salary and $183350 to DPS last ...
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Have mayor head DPS? Route uncertainCrain's Detroit BusinessMajor questions must be answered before any changes can be made to the governance model of the Detroit Public Schools, including disbanding ...and more »
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MyFox DetroitCoalition Unveils Detroit Schools Reform PlanMichigan RadioBut first, it wants to persuade the public to essentially fire the Detroit Public Schools board and give control to the city's mayor, Dave Bing, ...Detroit schools plan: Total transformationDetroit Free PressDetroit plan targets failing schoolsThe Detroit NewsCoalition Introduces Plan for Detroit SchoolsMyFox DetroitThe Detroit News -Detroit Free Press -Detroit Free Pressall 51 news articles »
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Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.comGranholm rips legislators who denied money for school changesDetroit Free PressJennifer Granholm said Friday she was shocked that Michigan failed to qualify for the first round of $4.35 billion in federal funds to pay for public school ...Reform plan tests the political coordination of both partiesMLive.comDaniel Howes Old deal crumbles in fiscal crisisThe Detroit NewsGranholm disappointed Michigan fell short for Race fundsLansing State Journalall 22 news articles »
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A "National Day of Action to Defend Public Education" was held in cities across America March 4th, including Detroit. There, about two dozen socialists demanded more hand-outs, end reform of the dismal Detroit school system and an entirely unionized workforce. Welcome to the Soviet States of America
WJBF-TVMichigan schools fail to win federal moneyThe Detroit News"US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called Detroit Public Schools a 'national disgrace' that keeps him up at night. To make these statements and then not ...Indiana, Michigan out of race for fundsSouth Bend TribuneMichigan's loss of Race to the Top funding doesn't negate need for school reformsMLive.comState to try again for school fundingBattle Creek Enquirerall 1,334 news articles »
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Heather Higginbottom of the Domestic Policy Council, Brian Deese of the National Economic Council, and Ben Rhodes of the National Security Council take your questions about the Presidents State of the Union address. January 27, 2010.
Tony Miller, Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education, moderates a session on Transforming Customer Service at the White House Forum on Modernizing Government. January 14, 2010.
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Geoff Canada Description: Geoff Canada, of the Harlem Children's Zone talks about the danger of allowing technology to widen the gap between rich kids and poor kids and our responsiblity to ensure that this does not happen.
In his second visit to Elkhart County this year, President Obama announces $2.4 billion in highly competitive grants to develop the next generation of fuel-efficient cars and trucks. $39 million of that will go to Navistar in Elkhart County, a region hard hit by the recession. August 5, 2009. (public domain) See also www.youtube.com
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...is crumbling, with public schools leading the way toward total dissolution. After decades of mismanagement and malfeasance, after countless scandals and promised reforms, after losing about half of its student population since 2001, the end seems finally,...
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White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. (public domain)
EdWorks, which has used an innovative approach to reform high schools in Ohio and the nation, is partnering with Detroit Public Schools to turn around five of its struggling sites.
edworks, which has used an innovative approach to reform high schools in Ohio and the nation, is partnering with Detroit Public Schools to turn around five of its struggling sites.
White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing. (public domain)
In 1973 Allan Bakke was denied admission to UC Davis Medical School even though the school admitted 16 "diversity" applicants with much lower scores that year. In a landmark 1978 Supreme Court case "Bakke v. Regents of the University of California" it was ordered that Bakke be admitted but the court still allowed race to be taken into consideration as a "plus factor". Affirmative action remains contentious to this day. If you would like to see your state join California, Washington, Michigan and Nebraska in outlawing quotas in public employment, public education, or public contracting please visit the American Civil Rights Institute www.acri.org.
Emmy Award-winning Detroit Free Press photojournalist Kathleen Galligan's behind-the-scenes look at innovative Cody 9th Grade Academy, a Skillman Foundation-funded Detroit Public School. Galligan shot this film in the spring of 2009, while serving as a Knight-Wallace fellow at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. ... Detroit schools reform Cody/Rouge Skillman Foundation
After some brief remarks on Iraq, the President speaks on the importance of finding innovative solutions to our nation's challenges at the community level. June 30, 2009. (public domain) ... "White House" Obama Iraq Iraqis troops war community communities NPO economy
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His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Omar Abdel Kafi weekly Sermon in Bushalat Mosque Dubai. Arab learned Muslims are invited to translate and post below. Thanks 5 pirates drown with share of $3 million ransom a day after freeing saudi tanker afghan militants cross into pakistan in bold attack airstrikes, gunfights in gaza as israel readies new phase beginning to look at the bush legacy biden briefed on afghan shortages biden: us will support fight against resurgent Taliban burris heading back to washington this week bush rejected israeli plea to raid iran bush reportedly rejected israeli plea to raid iran bush visits uss george hw bush chavez threatens to expel us embassy official chrysler again works to design itself a miracle clint eastwood's gran torino' tops box office couple from normal, ill., weds at taco bell couple gets married at taco bell crowd tries to attack us consulate in Pakistan crowd tries to attack us consulate in Pakistan economy may delay work on obamas campaign pledges faces in the crowd ferry capsizes with 250 aboard in Indonesia fighting escalates as israeli troops push farther into gaza fire tears through $28m tennessee castle-home gaza offensive to enter new phase george the giant lobster liberated from restaurant giant lobster saved from dining demise hundreds missing after indonesian ferry sinks hyundai takes detroit car-of-the-year award indonesian ferry sinks with 267 aboard iraqis 'capture leading militant' israel warns gaza residents of 'new phase' of ...
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...education officials have given Detroit Public Schools another chance to try to fix its own finances. The district signed a consent agreement promising to come up with a deficit reduction plan and stick to it. It's a promise the Detroit school system has made...
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Palin remarked, "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities." Now I'm all for upholding the dignity of small-town mayors and acknowledging the responsibilities they shoulder. And certainly we need to more of a town hall forum dynamic within government on a national scale if ordinary people are to have any access to counter the influence of corporate lobbyists. But it's just wrong to dis community organizers. More than that, it's politically stupid to belittle community organizers when you are trying to portray yourself as an insurgent candidate seeking to overthrow the Washington elite. So let's start with one obvious way in which community organizers make a difference. They register new voters. In 1992, a record 150000 new voters were added to the rolls in Chicago owing in large measure to a grassroots effort led by Project Vote. A January 1993 analysis by Chicago magazine on the local director of Project Vote concluded, "A huge black turnout in November 1992 altered Chicago's electoral landscape -- and raised a new political star: a 31-year-old lawyer named Barack Obama." And community organizers...empower people to express their needs and concerns, not just as individuals but as a more powerful collective of diverse but coordinated souls. This means that community organizers must also be skilled at communication, negotiation, and compromise -- traits required of any good leader. I can't say what ...
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As Detroit Public Schools rapidly loses students, state policymakers are tempted to let the district off the accountability hook and allow it to keep its first-class district status without asking anything in return. That would be a terrible disservice
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... The threat of losing first-class status provides state policymakers with a needed tool to leverage reforms from the Detroit Public Schools. Giving the district a pass is not going to help it. That's what Rep. Scott and her allies are proposing to do: Change...
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...improvements. We have done modest reform before, and it has not served our children well. The foundation will support Detroit Public Schools in providing ongoing educational and planning meetings with students, school staff, parents and community members....
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Part 5 of Newt Gingrich's address to the Michigan Republican Party's Mackinac Island Conference, September 22, 2007. For the latest news and information from the RIGHT perspective make Right Michigan your first click of the morning at www.RightMichigan.com. ... Newt Gingrich www.RightMichigan.com Right Michigan Mackinac Island Detroit public schools reform Republican Democrat tax
Part 4 of Newt Gingrich's address to the Michigan Republican Party's Mackinac Island Conference, September 22, 2007. For the latest news and information from the RIGHT perspective make Right Michigan your first click of the morning at www.RightMichigan.com. ... Newt Gingrich www.RightMichigan.com Right Michigan Mackinac Island Detroit public schools reform Republican Democrat tax
Part 3 of Newt Gingrich's address to the Michigan Republican Party's Mackinac Island Conference, September 22, 2007. For the latest news and information from the RIGHT perspective make Right Michigan your first click of the morning at www.RightMichigan.com. ... Newt Gingrich www.RightMichigan.com Right Michigan Mackinac Island Detroit public schools reform Republican Democrat tax
Part 2 of Newt Gingrich's address to the Michigan Republican Party's Mackinac Island Conference, September 22, 2007. For the latest news and information from the RIGHT perspective make Right Michigan your first click of the morning at www.RightMichigan.com. ... Newt Gingrich www.RightMichigan.com Right Michigan Mackinac Island Detroit public schools reform Republican Democrat tax
Part 1 of Newt Gingrich's address to the Michigan Republican Party's Mackinac Island Conference, September 22, 2007. For the latest news and information from the RIGHT perspective make Right Michigan your first click of the morning at www.RightMichigan.com. ... Newt Gingrich www.RightMichigan.com Right Michigan Mackinac Island Detroit public schools reform Republican Democrat tax
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...education -- and signaled the potential for long-term reform. Moving beyond the city's old debate of traditional public schools versus charter schools, Kilpatrick focused on how Detroiters can support all kinds of schools: publics, charters, privates, parochials. It's...
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...Adams of member station WDET reports that the Michigan State House has passed a controversial bill designed to reform Detroit's public school system. The legislation would strip the current school board of its powers and allow the governor to appoint a monitor...
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