Without students, a school is nothing but four walls and teachers with nothing to do. Students give the school purpose, and funding to pay those teachers, administrators and janitors. This funding also pays the electric and water bills, and buys supplies from pencils and chalk to paper towels and copy paper. The lack of students kills a school, plain and simple. Its ugly, but its a logical conclusion.
Michigan Schools Cut Costs
Michigan Schools from Ann Arbor to DeWitt are looking for ways to stretch their budgets, meet national accountability standards, and still provide children with practical skills for the futures. The ways different districts of Michigan Schools are approaching this dilemma are as varied as the schools themselves. From sharing classroom space to outsourcing work, the job of running a public school system the size of Michigan Schools is changing with the times.
Michigan Schools Maxed Out On Charters, But Parents Want More
The children of thousands of families within the Michigan schools are on waiting lists for admittance to charter schools. Not only does this underscores the parents commitment to school choice, but it also indicates their desire for their children to have a better education one they obviously do not believe they can achieve in the traditional Michigan schools.
Michigan Schools Meet Merit Requirements
Michigan Public Schools saw a significant raising of the bar for graduation standards in 2006. Governor Jennifer M. Granholm signed the Michigan Merit Curriculum into law after a team of educational and community leaders created recommendations for stricter and more comprehensive graduation standards. The new graduation requirements began with last years eighth grade classes in the Michigan Schools, and received broad support from the educational community.
Michigan Schools Tweak Curriculum
Michigan Schools have decided that changes need to be made in the statewide Special Education curriculum. Recent updates to federal laws require the Michigan Schools to comply with new rules and requirements. Students with disabilities are depending on the schools that they attend to attain the required standards. Without changes, the programs will be forced to shut down. At the news of change, many are concerned that current services will be compromised. However, Michigan Sc…
Michigan Schools Improve High School Graduation Requirements
Michigan Schools presented its new high school graduation requirements the Michigan Merit Curriculum in December 2005. The Michigan schools are determined to better prepare students for work and college success, by assuring that all students have the knowledge and skills needed to succeed.
Michigan Schools Shore Up a Failing School System
While other states and school districts are searching for progressive and innovative methods to improve student achievement and graduation rates, the Michigan Schools continue to shore up the current failing system, according to The Detroit News. Rather than improving the current system, teachers unions act as oversight bullies, the Michigan schools appear to follow their dictates, and legislators just keep pouring money into the Michigan schools, while complaining that funds are limited.
Michigan Schools Taking Direction from Governor Granholm
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has a vision for the state of Michigan and the Michigan schools. In 2005, the Cherry Commission on Higher Education recommended that the state must double its number of college graduates in order to compete economically. Granholm took this recommendation and developed her small high school initiative for the Michigan schools.