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Detroit plan targets failing schools

Robert Bobb

A coalition of education leaders and foundations will unveil today a sweeping academic reform agenda that targets failing schools, calls for 70 new programs and launches a national effort to recruit principals. - 03/11/2010

Voters may decide school aid

Melton

East Lansing -- Reform school spending first, then ask voters this summer to pay more for public education, if necessary, a leading House Democrat proposed Wednesday. - 03/11/2010

Lincoln High in Warren to reopen

Addition at Lincoln High School in Warren suffers fire damage

Students at Lincoln High School in Warren were forced to evacuate and sent home Wednesday when a fire broke out in the addition under construction on the campus. The school itself was not damaged.

Warren -- Lincoln High School reopens today, one day after a blaze forced an evacuation and resulted in about $50,000 in damage to an addition being built on the campus. - 03/11/2010

Kansas City to close half of its schools

Kansas City, Mo. -- Facing potential bankruptcy, the Kansas City school board is shuttering almost half the district's schools. - 03/11/2010

Plan would bring fed standard to academics

A panel of educators convened by the nation's governors and state school superintendents proposed a uniform set of academic standards on Wednesday, laying out their vision for what all the nation's public school children should learn in math and English, year by year, from kindergarten to high school graduation. - 03/11/2010

Kids use Web to learn a foreign language

Lake City fourth-grader Brianna Jinenez, left, updates her avatar during the 30-minute online Spanish session.

Lake City, Mich. -- Learning Spanish has hit the 21st century in Lake City. In the past, learning a foreign language meant textbooks, workbooks, listening exercises and sometimes videos. At Lake City Upper Elementary, however, learning a foreign language is now more like a game. - 03/11/2010

DPS deficit grows under Bobb

Nearly a year after Robert Bobb pledged overspending in the Detroit Public Schools would end, the district has added nearly $100M to its debt. - 03/10/2010

Lawmakers may take school spending reforms to voters

East Lansing -- Lawmakers are working on a plan to ask voters in August whether they are on board with school reforms and are willing to spend more money to keep from having to make deeper cuts in school aid, a legislative leader on education issues said today. - 03/10/2010

SUV hits school; 6 children injured

A teacher backed her Jeep into Huda School and Montessori in Franklin on Tuesday, police say.

Franklin -- A scary scene ended with only minor injuries Tuesday when a teacher accidentally reversed her vehicle through a wall and into a preschool learning area, sending four youngsters to the hospital, police said. - 03/10/2010

Detroit Schools board sues Robert Bobb over private compensation

Bobb

The Detroit Public School Board unanimously voted Monday night to file a second lawsuit against Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb, saying $145,000 in private foundation support he receives under his new contract is unlawful. - 03/09/2010

Survey: Woes growing for local school districts

Lansing -- A growing number of local school districts will face bankruptcy, layoffs and program cuts in the coming year due to budget woes, a survey revealed Monday. - 03/09/2010

Electronic clickers let college students ask and answer questions

A student in professor Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., answers a question using her clicker.

Boulder, Colo. -- The students in Michael Dubson's physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks. - 03/09/2010

Survey shows state schools need 'transformational change,' leader says

More than one in five Michigan school districts faces a deficit in the coming year, a survey of schools revealed today. - 03/08/2010

DPS initiative to get parents involved, offer training

Edwin Shanks, left, of Southfield talks to DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb after Bobb talked Saturday about a plan to involve more parents with the district.

Detroit -- More than 200 parent leaders from across the district gathered Saturday at Renaissance High School to learn how they can help encourage other parents to become more involved in city schools. - 03/06/2010

Granholm 'disappointed' over shut out for federal education funding

East Lansing -- Michigan intends to "go swinging" for the second round of federal education reform money, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Friday, but first will see if new reforms are needed to possibly strengthen the state's bid. - 03/06/2010

The business of making movies

Students getting their props

Instructor Jonathan Krueger, second from right, discusses some of the nuances of prop construction for students at Oakland Technical Schools Southeast Campus in Royal Oak. More classes could be on the way.

Royal Oak -- Michael Jackson of Pontiac has had zombies on the brain lately. Jackson, 18, was one of nine students who participated in a pilot program at Oakland Schools Technical Campuses Northeast and Southeast to develop skills in prop building and stage construction -- skills that could come in handy with Michigan's burgeoning film industry. - 03/06/2010

DPS gets $41.7M in upgrades

Bobb

Detroit -- Students next year will use new ID cards to get into Detroit schools that will be monitored by dozens of cameras. Looking to bolster safety and accountability, Detroit Public Schools will spend $41.7 million on the upgrades as well as build a Public Safety headquarters. - 03/05/2010

Michigan schools fail to win federal money

Recent school reforms failed to win Michigan a shot at millions in federal funding Thursday, and officials must wait a month to see if more changes are needed to increase its chances. - 03/05/2010

Bobb's pay stirs ethics controversy

Bobb

Community and union activists Wednesday raised questions about influence that foundations that are paying more than a third of Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb's salary may have on his decisions. - 03/04/2010

Lake Michigan College bans child sex crime offenders

Benton Harbor -- Lake Michigan College has banned people convicted of sex crimes against children and listed on the state sex offender registry from attending classes on its four campuses, officials say. - 03/04/2010

Utica school custodians to protest

Utica -- Hundreds of Utica Community Schools custodians and supporters are expected before Monday night's board meeting to protestthe district's talks of privatizing custodial services. - 03/04/2010

Text of e-mail sent by Detroit school board president Otis Mathis

This letter was sent Sunday by Detroit Public Schools board President Otis Mathis to his supporters, protesting that the Mark Twain school was closed in favor of the Boynton school. - 03/04/2010

Student in custody after 'minor' chemical device detonates at DPS school

Police have a 14-year-old student in custody who may be the person who ignited a plastic container holding home cleaning fluids today at the Phoenix Multi-Cultural Academy, forcing an evacuation. - 03/03/2010

Detroit Schools' Bobb gets $81K raise

Bobb

Staying a second year in Detroit has netted Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb an $81,000 raise, most of it coming from private foundations. - 03/03/2010

Utica high-schoolers try teaching

The program has led Henry Ford II High School senior Miranda Shakouri to consider a career in education.

Sterling Heights -- Rachel Dixon, 17, always figured she'd like to become a teacher, but she wanted to be sure. The deal was sealed after she signed up with the Utica Community Schools Future Educator Program, where she assists a teacher four days a week. - 03/03/2010

Oakland University gets $1.5 million in stimulus grants

Rochester -- Oakland University says it has received three National Science Foundation stimulus grants totaling about $1.5 million for teacher training and research projects. - 03/03/2010

Reshaping Michigan's universities

As U-M builds up, MSU cuts back

Joggers pass Beaumont Tower at Michigan State University, which is cutting programs and staff.

The University of Michigan and Michigan State University are separated by 60 miles and a few billion dollars. Both are public universities. Both have fiercely loyal alumni and are a few thousand apart in numbers of students. Yet MSU is enacting painful program cuts and layoffs, while U-M is adding staff and is in the midst of one of the biggest building booms in school history. The budget gap between the two schools has ballooned to almost a half-billion dollars per year and is growing. - 03/02/2010

Fundraiser: MSU must work smarter

Robert Groves, vice president for university advancement at Michigan State University, was hired away from the University of Michigan.

East Lansing -- Robert Groves may be the Biggest Man on Campus you've never heard of. As fundraising guru at the University of Michigan, Groves ran the most successful capital campaign in a public university's history, raking in $3.1 billion. In fall 2008, MSU swooped in and hired Groves, hoping he could work the same magic in East Lansing. - 03/02/2010

Program cuts in '07 haunt WSU

Detroit -- Talk to Frank Koscielski about Wayne State University's decision to ax his academic department two years ago, and the bitterness is still raw. - 03/02/2010

Universities: Cuts could be 'devastating'

Livonia -- Three universities touted the importance of its University Research Corridor, a research and development alliance, while testifying today before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Higher Education at Madonna University. - 03/02/2010

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