K-12

House Republicans and Senate Democrats have introduced competing plans to limit smartphone use in Michigan’s K-12 public schools. Both plans seek to limit cellphone distractions in classrooms but go about it differently. The plan…

Note: This opinion piece was posted to Twitter by Tran Longmore, founder and long-time editor of The Saline Post. by Tran Longmore Forcing silly gender-neutral language on everyone else doesn't provide comfort for anyone except…

by Patricia Lesko The Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) met on March 29 to discuss, among other proposals, whether the District should designate certain schools as "Schools of Choice" and accept students who reside…

by Patricia Lesko Public school employee compensation is often a topic of scrutiny when school officials ask cash-strapped voters for additional money—in essence permission to go deeper in debt in order to pay the bills. In Ann Arbor, as…

THERE IS WIDESPREAD dissatisfaction among students and parents nationwide concerning state-mandated student testing. Students and parents point to the fact that extensive testing causes stress and anxiety; school administrators drive home…

by Donna Iadipaolo JEFF GAYNOR IS what you might call the epitome of a veteran teacher. Gaynor has worked for the Ann Arbor Public Schools for more than 30 years: 20 years as an elementary teacher and the last 17 years at Clague Middle…

ON MAY 27, Ann Arbor Board of Education (BOE) approved four policies required by Michigan bills passed in 2011 and 2012 and signed into law by Gov. Snyder. The laws require that local Boards of Education take charge of teacher discipline,…

by Donna Iadipaolo A TEAM OF 22 Ann Arbor sixth graders placed third in the nation out of 100 teams at the National competition this school year. The Forsythe Middle School 6th grade team scored a total of 1215 points out of 1500…

by Madeline Fetchiet SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL’S top-rated Singles player, freshman Caroline Courtwright, helped lead her team to their first girl’s tennis Division 1 Regional Championship on May 15. Right behind the Skyline Eagles were…

THERE IS NO ambiguity concerning the end date of the AAPS teachers’ contract: 2016. The Board of Education members and the Superintendent want the teachers to come to the bargaining table based on a June 20, 2014 agreement that called for…