Arkansas: A federal judge’s ruling on the state’s school choice law opens the door for legislative action on choice. (Arkansas News) Maine: Gov. Paul LePage and the newly formed Maine Charter School Commission are at odds over the pace of the commission’s work. (Bangor Daily News) Louisiana: More financial concerns surface about[Read More…]
Tag: Michigan
Michigan charter bill passes; cross-district enrollment effort stalls
Earlier today, the Michigan Senate approved a measure that ultimately removes the limits on the number and location of charter schools in the state, ending a battle fought almost entirely along party lines. The House approved the legislation yesterday, and Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to sign it into law.[Read More…]
The Quiet Audacity of Michigan
I spent the Thanksgiving holiday in my home state of Michigan, where labor and public employee unions exhibit outsized-influence in the public square. If you want to know just how much influence, ask recalled Representative Paul Scott. But for all the union supremacy that could sound alarms on any expansion[Read More…]
Michigan Senate advances charter measure
The Michigan Senate approved a plan that would expand the number of charter schools in the state and lift the current cap on charters sponsored by universities. But the effort had no bipartisan support. The bill passed along a 20-18 party-line vote in the Republican controlled senate. It now heads[Read More…]
Michigan measures are aimed at school choice
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and lawmakers have formally introduced several initiatives aimed at providing more educational options to families. In addition to mandating cross-district enrollment at any school with open seats, Snyder would remove the cap on the number of charter schools and introduce a parent trigger similar to California’s.[Read More…]
Michigan considers enhanced school choice
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s newest education reform package could be released this week and is expected to include Snyder’s plan to turn all of Michigan’s public schools into schools of choice, the Detroit Free Press reports. Under this proposal, a system of choice would mean exactly that: Though schools could[Read More…]
The exclusivity of suburban schools that spend the most
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to make any open seat in any public school district available to students no matter where they live has many school systems understandably anxious, as The Detroit News reports in a lengthy story today. The News highlights the fear among struggling school districts, who have[Read More…]
Blowing up boundaries in Michigan
It’s taken a Republican governor in Michigan to propose what the Democratic Party could not. Rick Snyder wants to lead the way to a truly public school system, one that recognizes no artificial boundaries and doesn’t care whether you’re rich enough to buy a home near the best school. In a plan[Read More…]