Posted by: Posted On:21 Sep 2016
House and Senate approve (again) HB 4822, the K-3 reading bill Lansing, MI (Sept 21, 2016)– Today the full State Senate and the House of Representatives voted to approve the joint conference committee report, on votes of 25-10 and 60-47, a compromise
Posted by: Posted On:16 Sep 2016
Legislative leaders request Attorney General opinion on failing schools Senator Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof and House Speaker Kevin Cotter have officially requested a legal opinion from Attorney General Bill Schuette on whether the State Reform Office has the statutory authority
Posted by: Posted On:12 Sep 2016
Lansing, MI – The Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) today announced endorsements of an additional 12 candidates for the Michigan House of Representatives in 2016. “We’re confident these candidates will be forceful advocates for children in the legislature, and we’re pleased to
Posted by: Posted On:9 Sep 2016
Senator Meekhof and Speaker Cotter May Seek Attorney General Opinion on SRO The Legislature’s top two leaders said this week they’ll consider asking Attorney General Bill Schuette to involve himself in a dispute between lawmakers and Gov. Rick Snyder over
Posted by: Posted On:2 Sep 2016
SRO (finally) releases 2015 “Bottom 5%” list Yesterday, the State Reform Office (SRO) finally released the 2015 “Bottom 5%” list of the 124 schools that are the poorest performing in the state, based on results from the 2015 M-STEP test.
Posted by: Posted On:30 Aug 2016
Stagnant results highlight up-hill challenge facing our school systems, proves need for K-3 Reading, A-F Accountability and intervention in failing schools Lansing, MI: The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) today released results from the spring 2016 M-STEP and SAT assessments
Posted by: Posted On:26 Aug 2016
Locals threaten legal action to avoid accountability You’d have to be living in a cave to not catch the battle brewing over whether failing schools in the state should be closed, which is an option outstate (and a requirement in
Posted by: Posted On:19 Aug 2016
Michigan’s worst schools: To close or not to close? Last week we told you a battle was brewing over whether failing schools in the state should be closed, which is an option available under state law. Well, the intensity picked
Posted by: Posted On:18 Aug 2016
MIRS Newsletter | August 18, 2016 State Board of Education President John AUSTIN said the state’s school reform officer is “out of control” by, at the very least, insinuating in conversations with local school officials that academically low-performing schools will
Posted by: Posted On:15 Aug 2016
As we’ve reported, the DPS bailout legislation included clear requirements that chronically failing schools in the city, both traditional and charter, would be closed by the State Reform Office (SRO) if they appeared on the bottom 5% list of schools