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M-STEP Replaces MEAP But Will Be Replaced By Something Else
Sunday , 30, November 2014 Section 16 8 CommentsThere are two reasons teachers give students tests: To find out if the students learned the content taught. To find out if the teacher was effective in teaching the content. It has nothing to do with the teacher wanting you to feel stupid or they enjoy torturing kids with tests. There’s important information there that […]
Open Snowmobiling Season Begins December 1st
Saturday , 29, November 2014 Environment Leave a commentThere’s plenty of snow in the Upper and Lower Northern Peninsulas this weekend to get some snowmobiling in. With two more days of firearm gun season, it’s necessary to observe state-mandated quiet hours and don’t drive on trails over private land. Quiet hours in the Michigan woods during deer hunting season are from 7 am […]
Whooping Cough Continues To Spread in Grand Traverse County
Friday , 28, November 2014 Community Leave a commentThe health department in Grand Traverse County reports as of November 26 there were 37 confirmed cases of Pertussis in the county. School districts affected by the outbreak are Traverse City Area Public Schools, Kingsley Area Schools, Elk Rapids Schools, The Children’s House and for-profit charter school Grand Traverse Academy. County officials report that in […]
We Should Do This Every Day: Why I Am #Thankful
Thursday , 27, November 2014 Community Leave a commentI am thankful for William S. Burroughs, for being more relevant than ever. I am thankful for this secular holiday that any person of any religious faith may celebrate. I am thankful for our Founding Fathers, who in their eternal wisdom did everything possible to create a secular nation based on reason and laws. […]
Subversive? But you were sent the link directly. Can’t argue with that logic.
The United States has enjoyed cheaper prices at the pumps for over a month thanks to falling oil prices world-wide. Paying less for fuel means people will have extra cash to spend on other things like holiday meals, parties and gifts. But while we’re giving thanks and anticipating less money spent at the gas station, […]
Dear Michigan Department of Education: Where Is The Embezzlement Investigation On For-Profit Charter School Huckster Steve Ingersoll?
Monday , 24, November 2014 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 1 CommentMiss Fortune has a new story that asks the question, just where is the embezzlement investigation on Steve Ingersoll, Smart Schools LLC and Grand Traverse Academy? Republicans really do believe they are an entitled class of people. They dip their hands into our tax dollars like it’s their own personal piggy bank, then insist they […]
No one should ever forget that one of the leaders in the profits before kids charter school movement is Hillsdale College. Their brand of for-profit charter schools which they call, “Classical Education”, is a nice way of saying Christian conservative education that bears little relevance to what students actually need to be prepared in a […]
The Indianapolis Star published this cartoon, then pulled it after many complaints. Because there were no undocumented immigrants at the first Thanksgiving.
Fake Upper Peninsula Fish Shop Part Of Secret Federal Investigation
Saturday , 22, November 2014 Environment Leave a commentFor 14 months the Up North Fish Shop bought and sold fish from local fisherman in L’Anse, Michigan. What people didn’t know until recently is the shop was part of a federal investigation into illegal fishing in the upper Great Lakes. In a federal search warrant unsealed in court in Marquette, the operation was part […]