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BREAKING NEWS: EMU Continues in EAA Despite animated protests and a request from President Susan Martin to withdraw from the interlocal agreement that created the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), the Eastern Michigan Board of Regents voted this afternoon to continue
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GLEP at National Ed Reform Summit Since Wednesday afternoon, GLEP’s Betsy DeVos, Greg McNeilly, Gary Naeyaert and Cody Bailey have been in Washington, D.C. attending the 2014 National Summit on Education Reform, hosted by the Foundation for Excellence in Education.
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MDE Announces New Student Assessment for 2015 Yesterday, the Michigan Department of Education released details of the state’s new student assessment, called the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP), which will replace the state’s 44-year-old MEAP exam and will
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Election Recap: Snyder and the New Legislative Leadership Governor Snyder was re-elected on Tuesday with 51% of the vote compared to 47% for Mark Schauer. In the state legislature, Republicans ended up with 27 of 38 seats in the State
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53 “Champions for Kids” endorsed by bi-partisan education advocacy group are successful in 60 campaigns for State Senate and House of Representatives Lansing, MI – A significant majority of candidates endorsed by the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) were successful
Posted by: Posted On:31 Oct 2014
Happy Halloween!! Don’t get “tricked” on Election Day!! Governor Snyder was interviewed this week about recent bills introduced by House Democrats on charter schools, and his responses was the following: “We shouldn’t create silos of traditional schools and charter schools,”
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National media watchdog group says Detroit Free Press series is only 10% reliable; criticizes paper for engaging in partisan political activity Lansing, MI – According to a special report released today by The Media Bullpen©, an independent editorial project of
Posted by: Posted On:17 Oct 2014
Early literacy bills earn support from Grand Rapids Public Schools The Grand Rapids Public Schools is poised to become the first traditional school district to publicly endorse HB 5111 (Price) and HB 5144 (Stallworth), bills aimed at improving early literacy
Posted by: Posted On:10 Oct 2014
Canton Candidate Forum a Success GLEP, along with Students First-Michigan; MAPSA and MCCSA, was pleased to host a candidate forum this past Tuesday, October 7 at Canton Charter Academy in Canton. We appreciate the fact that Sen. Patrick Colbeck (R-7th