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Michigan State Board Calls for Sweeping Changes in Charter Law: by Diane Ravitch

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The Michigan State Board of Education passed a resolution calling for reform of the state's charter law.The resolution was passed following a series in the Detroit Free Press showing that the state spends nearly $1 billion per year in taxpayer money from the state, often with little accountability, transparency or academic achievement. No state superintendent has ever suspended an authorizer since the charter law was adopted in the mid-1990s."
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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