Posted by: Posted On:19 Mar 2014
Earlier today, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on K-12, School Aid and Education passed, on a 3-1 vote, SB 775, which is the $13.7 billion FY ’15 School Aid Budget. The key feature of the Subcommittee-approved budget is the dramatic increase of
Posted by: Posted On:14 Mar 2014
GLEP Testifies on Funding Fairness at House Appropriations Subcommittee On Tuesday, GLEP’s Gary Naeyaert provided testimony on school funding that included a long-term strategy to earmark 90% of available state and local funding to create a uniform foundation grant of
Posted by: Posted On:11 Mar 2014
Overwhelming number of voters believe every student deserves the same level of state funding; GLEP urges legislature to eliminate $1,000 per pupil funding equity gap Lansing, MI – According to survey data released today by the Great Lakes Education Project
Posted by: Posted On:10 Mar 2014
The U.S. Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Raising the Bar: The Role of Charter Schools in K-12 Education.” The hearing will take place at 10:00 am on Wednesday, March 12th
Posted by: Posted On:7 Mar 2014
Appropriations Subcommittees Continue Hearings on FY ’15 School Aid Budget On Wednesday the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid continued their hearings on the FY ‘’15 School Aid Budget, with an emphasis on Educator Evaluations. The only bill pending in
Posted by: Posted On:3 Mar 2014
Well, the 2013 MEAP results have just been published, and how well are our children learning? Starting with the first test administered, which is 3rd grade reading, we see that only 61.3% of 3rd graders are reading at grade level,
Posted by: Posted On:28 Feb 2014
Local School District and Teachers’ Union Break Law to Stop Charter Public Schools It seems the local school board at Clintondale Public Schools has conspired with the MEA to include language in their union contract that prohibits the district from
Posted by: Posted On:25 Feb 2014
GLEP today announced a staff expansion as the organization broadens their impact on policy, legislation, communications and political campaigns in Michigan. Cody Bailey, Outreach Director: Cody has previously been a candidate for State Representative, and involved in local, state, and national
Posted by: Posted On:21 Feb 2014
She could have picked any city, but she chose Detroit ICYMI (because we did): Here’s an inspiring Detroit News story about Kyle Smitley, a 29-year old Ohio native who launched Detroit Achievement Academy, a new charter public school. If we
Posted by: Posted On:14 Feb 2014
Happy Valentines Day!! The week kicked off on Monday with a comprehensive review of school funding by Mitch Bean, former director of the House Fiscal Agency, in which he makes the case that K-12 spending under Governor Snyder has gone up, gone