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Michigan
- New MSU program targets worldwide counterfeiting - 04:00 AM
- Michigan State urges community to woo Google - 04:00 AM
- Mich. gets $3M to preserve Saugatuck Harbor area - 04:00 AM
DPS parents feeling betrayed
Less than five months after Detroit voters passed a $500.5 million school construction plan, nearly half of the 18 schools that were to be rebuilt or renovated are now headed for closure or plans for them have been altered. The changes have outraged some supporters of the Proposal S bond who say they feel cheated for voting for a plan they were told would mean new construction or renovation in their neighborhood, but instead their schools will be shuttered as soon as this summer - 03/20/2010
Bobb briefs community leaders on DPS plans
Detroit -- Emergency financial manager Robert Bobb says he is continuing to put together five plans to help lead the struggling Detroit Public Schools into a brighter future. - 03/19/2010
Australian students enjoy flavor of U.S.
Berkley -- It was the bagels, and the general friendliness of Americans, that won over Australian teenager Mitch Roberts during his first trip to the United States. - 03/19/2010
High school closure plan rocks neighbors
Osborn High School is among 45 facilities slated to be closed this summer, with 13 more by 2012. Students at the three "small school" campuses within Osborn would move to Brenda Scott Middle School, while those in the traditional upper high school program could transfer to other high schools like Pershing or Denby. - 03/18/2010
DPS unveils 'leaner and smarter' plan
Robert Bobb unveiled his plan today for a "leaner and smarter" Detroit Public Schools that calls for closing about 45 buildings and rebuilding others. - 03/17/2010
School closure plan dovetails with Detroit's downsizing effort
A massive DPS closure plan calls for shutting Osborn, Kettering and Cooley high schools while preserving as many K-8 schools as possible on the city's outskirts. - 03/17/2010
Bing, Bobb working together on Detroit plans
Detroit --The Detroit Public Schools' plan to close 45 schools could influence Mayor Dave Bing's efforts to downsize the city to preserve viable neighborhoods. - 03/17/2010
PepsiCo cuts more schools' drinks
New York -- PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. - 03/17/2010
Michigan schools up for $425M in fed stimulus loans
Lansing -- U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow say Michigan's public schools are eligible for $425.3 million in building loans under a federal stimulus program. - 03/17/2010
Bobb plans to close 45 Detroit schools
Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb revealed his vision for a leaner DPS on Monday night by closing 45 schools this year and building new athletic facilities, a new campus for special needs students and reviving a closed high school site. - 03/16/2010
U.S. Education Secretary: Troubled schools could lose funding
Washington -- The nation's top education official called Monday for broad changes to accountability in troubled systems like Detroit's public schools, and warned the lowest-performing districts unable to improve would face losing district-level control over Title I funding. - 03/16/2010
Avondale High weapons search comes up empty
A security sweep at Avondale High School following the discovery of a threatening note did not turn up any weapons, police said Monday. - 03/16/2010
Under fed plan schools must improve or lose control of critical funds
Underperforming school districts that fail to show improvement would have to cede control of critical Title I funds to state-level officials under a reauthorization plan for the "No Child Left Behind" outlined by Department of Education officials today. - 03/15/2010
Bobb's goal for DPS: 98% will graduate
The $540M academic plan Robert Bobb will unveil tonight calls for rigorous achievement standards, offering college-level courses within all high schools and boosting graduation and attendance rates beyond the state average. - 03/15/2010
Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids
Atlanta -- President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S. students can make up for academic ground lost against youngsters in other countries. - 03/14/2010
Today's Focus
State MEAP scores improve
The disparity in academic achievement between white and non-white elementary students on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program is narrowing, results released Friday show. - 03/13/2010
'Blessings in a Backpack'
Students help fight hunger among peers
Rochester Hills -- Matt Benedettini considers himself lucky. There's enough food in his refrigerator. But some of his classmates are not as fortunate. So Matt, 12, spent a recent afternoon helping pack bags of peanut butter, tuna and other nonperishables for youngsters who face hunger on weekends, when they don't get free or reduced-fee school lunches. - 03/13/2010
Teen has sweet victory at Pi-Off
Sterling Heights -- Stephanie Godden knows her Pi -- and not the apple or cherry kind. The 17-year-old senior at the Utica Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology in Sterling Heights on Friday recited the first 2,300 digits of Pi, the never-ending number used to figure out the size of circles. In doing so, she broke her own record of 2,000 from last year. - 03/13/2010
Control of Detroit Public Schools splits community
The battle for control of Detroit Public Schools spilled into the open Thursday as opponents of a mayoral takeover expressed outrage at a key provision of an overhaul plan. - 03/12/2010
Michigan schools to get $430M in federal stimulus money
Washington -- Michigan is due to get nearly $430 million in stimulus money for schools, the Department of Education announced Thursday. - 03/12/2010
Group proposes Utica district close 4 elementary schools
Sterling Heights -- Parents and teachers, upset over a recommendation to close four elementary schools in Utica Community Schools, packed a special meeting Thursday to learn more about why their schools were chosen. - 03/12/2010
Detroit plan targets failing schools
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
