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The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll: Now What About the Rest of Them?
Friday , 13, November 2015 Section 16 3 CommentsThings have certainly changed for Dr. Steve Ingersoll in just five short years. It was in January of 2010 when MAPSA posted this bit of news about Lake Superior State for-profit charter schools Grand Traverse Academy and Detroit Service Learning Academy getting together so DSLA could see Integrated Visual Learning at work. “Cutting-edge philosophy in […]
Michelle Rhee Partners With Education Achievement Authority Hiring Teachers for the 2015-2016 School Year
Friday , 17, July 2015 Section 16 3 CommentsIt appears Michigan Teacher Corps have moved to a better class of teacher recruitment. Last fall they posted an ad on the Lansing, Michigan, edition of Craigslist. This summer they’re recruiting on real teacher job posting websites like K12 Jobspot. Currently, several notices appear on this website all for Education Achievement Authority Schools. The advertisements […]
Michigan Public School Teacher Laura McDonell Pushes M-STEP For Teach For America Front Group
Friday , 15, May 2015 Section 16 6 CommentsYesterday a very curious editorial appeared in the Lansing edition of MLive.com. Laura McDonell, an English teacher for St. Clair Middle School, wrote the brief guest opinion where she scolds parents for choosing to refuse the new M-STEP exam for their children. Our children mean so much to us, and we want to protect them. […]
Making Government Accountable 501(c)(4) PAC Formed: Guess Who Wants To Be Nerd In Chief
Monday , 20, April 2015 Nerd Problems, Presidential Primary 2016 1 CommentSnyder spokesperson Jarrod Agen told the Associated Press that a group of Snyder’s inner circle created a tax-exempt PAC to raise funds for Snyder to tour the country starting next month after the state votes against raising the sales tax. With that defeat over his head, Snyder will likely want to get out of the […]