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Obama promotes education for all; Romney reserves it for a few

Posted on 09/26/12 at 3:55pm

President Obama and Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, provided their detailed plans for education yesterday on NBC's "Education Nation" running this week in New York.

Will you get a refund of your 3 percent? Supreme Court will decide

Posted on 09/05/12 at 3:04pm

It will have to be the courts again to ultimately decide whether the Legislature has overstepped its bounds when it comes to school employees and their retirement benefits. Gov. Snyder is appealing a recent Michigan Court of Appeals decision that the 3 percent “tax” on employees for their retiree health care is unconstitutional.

Primary victories draw battle lines for November

Posted on 08/08/12 at 10:12pm

Yesterday’s Democratic primary gave victory to 56 MEA recommended candidates and hope for the general election in November. See election results.

Metro Detroit members urged to vote YES on Detroit Institute of Arts millage

Posted on 08/06/12 at 2:54pm

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is a national treasure that provides great education programming for metro Detroit schools. It's a resource that the Metro Detroit area can't afford to lose, which is why MEA is recommending a YES vote on the DIA millages in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties.

Is a 'right to read' a civil liberty?

Posted on 07/17/12 at 3:22pm

Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed an unprecedented “right to read” lawsuit against the Highland Park School District claiming that the district deprived students of an opportunity to “attain basic literacy.”

700,000 voices need to be heard

Posted on 07/05/12 at 12:29pm

Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution (CPMC) will take their opposition to the Protect Our Jobs petition to court to prevent the issue from being on the Nov. ballot after the Secretary of State (SOS) declined the group’s earlier request.

Michigan NEA RA delegates in D.C. this week

Posted on 07/02/12 at 3:31pm

The National Education Association Representative Assembly (NEA RA) in Washington, D.C. has been in full swing since last week with groups such as the National Council of Urban Education Association, NEA-Retired and NEA Student Leadership holding meetings.

Processing of POJ petitions can continue--for now

Posted on 06/28/12 at 11:13am

The Bureau of Elections has rejected the request filed by the Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution (CPMC) to stop processing the Protect Our Jobs petitions. 

School districts turn charter

Posted on 06/22/12 at 1:02pm

Highland Park is the second Michigan school district taken over by Emergency Manager intent on turning it into a charter school district. It joins Muskegon Heights in a dangerous precedent-setting move of selling off its staff, students, and buildings to the lowest bidder. 

MDE issues changes to teacher certification

Posted on 06/18/12 at 3:17pm

On May 18, the state Department of Education (MDE) finalized the implementation of new laws relating to teacher certification. The new laws impact teachers moving from a Provisional teaching certificate to a Professional Education teaching certificate and to those teachers renewing their Professional Education certificate. Both changes are effective Sept. 1, 2013.

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