Ms. Mary F. Gifford
Onerous School Regulations on WNEM TV-5
Mary Gifford identifies onerous school regulations on WNEM TV-5.
Mackinac Center Asks Teachers, School Administrators to Find Most Outrageous School Regulations, Rules
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is asking Michigan teachers, school principals, administrators and parents to help in its research on confusing, conflicting and overlapping mandates that hamper the operation of Michigan school districts, by coming up with the most outrageous school regulation or rule they can find.
Graduation Rates an Imperfect Measure of School Excellence
Policy-makers at all levels of government are enacting policies that require districts to measure student and school performance. But one popular method of measurement, graduation rates, may not accurately reflect either student proficiency or school excellence. The only sure way to know whether schools are providing a quality education is to introduce more choice and competition into the system, so that schools have incentives to improve.
How Does the MEAP Measure Up?
How effective are current standardized education tests, principally the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP), in gauging the efficacy of our public education system? And are there currently too many incentives placed on MEAP performance?
Less Government, Not More, Is Key to Academic Achievement and Accountability
A comprehensive new study of Arizona charter schools suggests that proposals to increase government regulation of charter schools in Michigan could stifle, not encourage, student achievement and school accountability.
PBS Doesn't Tell Whole Story on Schools
The recently aired, million-dollar PBS series, "SCHOOL: The story of American Public Education" purports to provide viewers with an unbiased history of public education in America. But not surprisingly, with programs produced by a network run by government interests, Americans are treated to the government's point of view.
