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U.S. Department of Education Announces Award To Michigan to Continue Efforts to Turn Around Lowest-Performing Schools

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 20, 2014 0

ON MARCH 13, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that 10 states would receive more than $95 million to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest-achieving schools through awards from the Department’s School…

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Op-Ed: The Education Reform Conversation We Need Is Not the One We Keep Having

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 27, 2014 0

by Jeff Bryant TWO VIDEOS CAPTURED just about everything you need to know about the status of the movement known as “education reform.” The first filmed event was a staged encounter between two prominent advocates for what is…