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09/24/09
LANSING -- College students and public schools took big hits Wednesday as lawmakers began hammering final deals to avert a $2.8-billion deficit in the new budget year that begins Oct. 1. Budget negotiators voted to eliminate the $140-million Michigan Promise grant program for college students this school year -- plus cuts in other financial aid -- and to reduce state aid to all school districts by $218 per pupil. For more information, please refer to the Detroit Free Press atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090924/NEWS06/909240371&template=printart |
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Lansing schools build on improvements |
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09/20/09
Lansing school officials are done patting one another on the back for turning around two of the district's failing high schools - Sexton and Everett. They're finished with the high fives over the fact that 31 of 33 buildings in the district met federal No Child Left Behind standards for 2008-09 - a first. For more information, please refer to the Lansing State Journal atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090920/NEWS05/909200650&template=printart |
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Millions spent to upgrade college classrooms |
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Blackboards are old school
as Mich. universities switch gadgets
Across Michigan, colleges and universities are investing millions to connect with a tech-savvy student body. E-mail-ready whiteboards in the front of a classroom capture a professor's notes, sending them instantly in an e-mail to student laptops. Overhead cameras zoom in on a cadaver or a rock on a lab table, shooting minute detail to an overhead screen for all to study. For more information, please refer to the Detroit Free Press atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090915/NEWS06/909150393&template=printart |
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Study links failure in college to low goals |
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09/10/09
Four years ago, two of the most influential researchers in higher education dove into a huge pool of data hoping to answer a bedeviling question: Why do so many students who start college fail to graduate? They reported their findings in a book out Wednesday, and perhaps the biggest is this: Students aren't aiming high enough, settling for less selective schools they imagine will be easier but where in fact they're more likely to drop out before earning a degree. For more information, please refer to the Associated Press atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://detnews.com/article/20090910/SCHOOLS/909100412&template=printart |
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Myths undercut efforts to boost Michigan's high school standards |
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09/10/09
This fall at Michigan's colleges, thousands of students are arriving with great expectations -- only to find themselves relegated to paying for high school courses without even receiving college credit. Those courses are called remedial classes, which students have to take because they were so poorly prepared in their K-12 schools. At Michigan State University, the proportion of incoming freshmen who need remedial classes jumped to 28 percent today from 25 percent last year. At Delta College north of Saginaw, 81 percent of incoming students need remedial classes. That number has grown 3 percent in recent years. For more information, please refer to the Detroit News atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://detnews.com/article/20090910/OPINION03/909100342&template=printart |
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The President's national address to America's schoolchildren |
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09/08/09
12:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. All right, everybody go ahead and have a seat. How is everybody doing today? (Applause.) How about Tim Spicer? (Applause.) I am here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we've got students tuning in from all across America, from kindergarten through 12th grade. And I am just so glad that all could join us today. And I want to thank Wakefield for being such an outstanding host. Give yourselves a big round of applause. (Applause.) For more information, please refer to the White House website atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-in-a-National-Address-to-Americas-Schoolchildren/ |
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Michigan schools show gains |
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Percentage meeting federal
improvement standard rises to 86%
More Michigan schools are meeting federal education standards, helping them avoid costly sanctions, according to a state report released on Thursday. The percentage of schools that made "adequate yearly progress" rose from 80 percent to 86 percent; 35 schools improved enough to escape potential penalties such as offering tutoring or transportation to students who want to go to another school. For more information, please refer to the Detroit News atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://detnews.com/article/20090904/SCHOOLS/909040359/1026/schools/Michigan-schools-show-gains |
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More schools earning As, state report cards show |
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09/03/09
Fewer schools are failing to meet state and federal academic goals, more are earning As, and more are pulling themselves out of trouble. That’s the story behind the release today of state report cards for every public school in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Education released the data, which shows whether schools and districts meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. The report cards also issue letter grades to schools based largely on student performance on standardized tests. For more information, please refer to the Detroit Free Press atfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfdsfsfdsfsfdt http://freep.com/article/20090903/NEWS06/90903026/1008/Data--More-schools-earning-As |
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