Posted by: Posted On:9 Nov 2016
Education advocacy group pleased with 93% success rate, looking forward to new legislative session Lansing, MI – The Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) announced that 49 of 53 candidates endorsed by the education advocacy group were successful in yesterday’s general
Posted by: Posted On:4 Nov 2016
Tuesday is the General Election, Don’t Forget to Vote!! As if you needed another reminder that Tuesday is election day, right? With all 110 seats in the Michigan House of Representatives up for grabs in the general election, however, it’s
Posted by: Posted On:28 Oct 2016
Database: Meet all 63 school board candidates, warts and all To help Detroiters cast informed votes for board members in Detroit’s public schools, Bridge Magazine, the Detroit Free Press, Fox 2 Detroit and WDET Detroit Public Radio spent two months
Posted by: Posted On:21 Oct 2016
NAACP passes controversial charter moratorium A controversial Oct. 15 resolution passed by the national board of the NAACP calling for a nationwide moratorium on public charter public schools has led many lawmakers and school-choice advocates to question whether the NAACP is
Posted by: Posted On:14 Oct 2016
National media and ed reform leaders say NAACP charter moratorium is wrong This week, a slew of national media, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, published editorials opposing the NAACP’s proposed moratorium on
Posted by: Posted On:7 Oct 2016
Governor Snyder signs K-3 Reading bill into law Yesterday, GLEP was pleased to participate in the official bill signing ceremony with Governor Snyder for HB 4822 (Price), the K-3 Reading bill. This bill, which goes into effect in the 2017-18
Posted by: Posted On:5 Oct 2016
“This morning, the Michigan Supreme Court announced it was not going to issue an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of the $2.5 million in the 2017 School Aid Budget that reimburses private schools for the cost of compliance with state
Posted by: Posted On:30 Sep 2016
Attorney General says failing Detroit schools can be closed On Wednesday, Attorney General Bill Schuette issued an opinion confirming the state’s authority to close chronically-failing traditional and charter public schools. At the request of Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof (R-Olive
Posted by: Posted On:28 Sep 2016
Lansing, MI (September 28, 2016) — “Every child in Detroit is one step closer to a better academic future thanks to today’s opinion from Attorney General Bill Schuette confirming the state’s authority to close chronically-failing traditional and charter public schools,”
Posted by: Posted On:23 Sep 2016
Legislature Passes K-3 Reading Bill HB 4822, the K-3 Reading bill sponsored by Rep. Amanda Price (R-Lake Township) was passed (again) on Wednesday this week by both the full House of Representatives (60-47) and the State Senate (20-15), after a