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U-M MOOCs and Online Learning Offerings Surge, Reach Millions

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 13, 2015 0

by Donna Iadipaolo THE UNIVERSITY OF Michigan has significantly increased its offerings of free, massive open online courses, otherwise widely known as “MOOCs.” At a result, along with other outcomes, U-M receives major advertising, and…

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Experts Join Call For State Supreme Court to Hear “Right-to-Read” Appeal

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 26, 2015 0

by Darrell Dawsey AS PART OF an ongoing push to guarantee a quality education for all Michigan schoolchildren, 35 respected education experts today joined with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan to urge the state Supreme…

Columns

High School Heroes: To Be a Homeless Student in the Ann Arbor Public Schools—Ali Shahin

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 4, 2015 0

The Ann Arbor Independent’s Skyline High School intern Stavi Tennenbaum kicks off an original High School Heroes interview series with a conversation about homelessness among AAPS students. by Stavi Tennenbaum ALI SHAHIN IS a peer…

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Feb. 11 U-M Poet Lorna Goodison to Receive 4th Annual Shirley Verrett Award

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 28, 2015 0

by Eilisha Dermont CELEBRATED POET Lorna Goodison, a University of Michigan professor of English language and literature and of Afroamerican and African studies, will receive the 4th annual Shirley Verrett Award. The ceremony will take…

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On Average, College Grads in Mich. Saddled With $29,583 in Debt

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 21, 2014 0

by Gretchen Wright STUDENT DEBT LEVELS for newly minted bachelor’s degrees continue to rise, but how high varies greatly by state and by college, according to a new report from the Project on Student Debt at The Institute for College…

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Huron High Among Growing Number of American High Schools Without Student Newspaper

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 23, 2014 0

by Micaela Stevenson HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM matters. According to studies done by the American Press Institute, students who have participated in journalism programs during their high school careers will score higher on the ACT as well…

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Retaliation for Airing Dirty Laundry? WCC Student Journos Fear “Autocratic” Prez May Shutter The Voice

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 15, 2014 2

by Rob Smith IN 2005, WASHTENAW Community College President Dr. Rose Bellanca found her institution, Saint Clair County Community College in Port Huron, embroiled in an ACLU lawsuit over a gag order imposed on the college’s Board of…

AAPS Documents Reveal Middle and High School Classes Have 40+ Students

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 20, 2012 0

by P.D. Lesko Between 2003 and 2010, while total enrollment in Ann Arbor’s middle and high schools fell, average class sizes increased significantly, and so have actual class sizes, resulting in classrooms stuffed with 10, 12 and sometimes…