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A better way to help schools improve
Proposed legislation offers parent proposal to assist struggling schoolsFor years, the tag line of our messages to school advocates has been: "together, we can make a difference." Well, today is proof...
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Our story, Part I: What really happened to school funding?
AttachmentSizeActual and projected revenue to the SAF with and without the 2011 tax cuts198.81 KBInflation-adjusted school funding after pension costs191.33 KBMI school spending as share of state...
View ArticleScrooged: A Lansing Parable
As Michigan Parents for Schools begins its tenth year, and since we're in the holiday season, I thought it might be a good moment for a retrospective on what has been done to public education over the...
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Letter to US Senate on DeVos nomination for USED
AttachmentSizeLtr US Sen HELP re DeVos conf 011717.pdf153.31 KBThis week, the US Senate committee covering education issues held the one and only set of hearings on the nomination of Michigan political...
View ArticleMIPFS joins suit opposing School Aid funds for private schools
Public Education Leaders, Parent Groups to Sue State and Gov. Snyder to Protect Public SchoolsLANSING, Mich. – Public education leaders and parent groups from across Michigan will today file a lawsuit...
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Letter to Senate: stop the "guns in schools" bills
AttachmentSizeLetter faxed to members of the MI Senate on the "guns in schools" bills130.39 KB The Honorable Arlan Meekhof Majority Leader Michigan State Senate Lansing, MI 489097 November 2017 BY...
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Letter from Oakland: reflections on NPE 2017
As I write this (15 October), the fourth annual meeting of the Network for Public Education is coming to a close. NPE is a national group dedicated to fighting for local public education, and was...
View ArticleBudgeting in the time of COVID-19
Even in these difficult times, we need to be aware of the potential trouble looming ahead.Dear friends,I hope you and those you care about are safe and healthy in these troubling times. Sometimes it...
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Budget deal includes $175 per-pupil spending cut
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican legislative leaders announced a tentative agreement this week to address the projected $2.2 billion shortfall in this year's state budget. The agreement, which...
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Déjà Vu. Again.
I had not intended to write this column. I'd been preparing to reboot our advocacy efforts with a spiffy new web site and an overview of education policy issues facing us today in Michigan. And then.On...
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