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Another Charter School Critic Misses the Mark

Accountability? Failed charter schools are closed; no record of same for district schools

December 19, 2016

New York Times Wrong: Detroit Charter Schools Didn't 'Desert' Kids, the City Did

Mayor and city council banned selling shuttered schools to charters serving neediest children

December 17, 2016

Teachers Union Said They Were Done Losing Members (They’ve Lost 17K Since)

MEA membership is down to 90,000 from 117,000 before right-to-work

December 5, 2016

School Budgets, Senate Pension Reforms Under Attack From Pension System

System costs Birmingham schools 60 percent more, but managers say don’t touch it

December 1, 2016

ACLU Joins DeVos Assaults By Ignoring Inconvenient Charter School Truths

Charters do better, and outcompete conventional unionized schools when parents can choose

December 1, 2016

The New York Times’ Comprehension Problem on Detroit Charters

November 30, 2016

School Choice Opponents Recycle Myths as Trump Picks DeVos for Education

No myth: Most children in charters learn more than peers in district schools

November 29, 2016

Higher Education Spending Still Down After Michigan's 'Lost Decade,' But Rising

Union overshoots with claim of 30 percent decline

November 28, 2016

Cost of Federal Employees Who Said They'd Quit Under Trump: $65 Billion

Poll says 25 percent would leave, but going to private sector could mean big pay cuts

November 26, 2016

Annual Cost To Pay Teachers Same As Doctors $1,283 Per Person

Viral song’s pop politics only cool until you do the math

November 16, 2016

Only Two of the Nation's 72 Largest Newspapers Endorsed Trump

Not a single newspaper in Michigan picked the winner

November 15, 2016

MEA Union's Latest In Persistent Pattern of Lowballing Teacher Salaries

New engineers weren't making $164,000 in 1964

November 14, 2016

Ghosts Of Corporate Welfare Past To Suck $7.6 Billion From State Budget

Granholm administration economic development giveaways dumped multi-decade liability on taxpayers

November 11, 2016

Free The Unions — Let Workers Who Don't Pay Represent Themselves

Labor unions who complain about right-to-work 'freeloaders' should free them

November 9, 2016

Pension Debt Soaring After Three Rounds of Reform Half-Measures

GOP almost enacted real reform in 2012, but even good tweaks can't fix core problem

November 3, 2016

Liberal Math: Millions More Equals a 'Billion Dollar Cut'

Partisan 'big lie' campaign still going

November 2, 2016

Pension Debt ‘Like a Mortgage?’ Yeah – On a Home You Sold Years Ago

Shakiest cover story yet from defenders of unsustainable government pensions

November 1, 2016

Metro Transit Tax Ad's False Claims About Riders With Disabilities

If the tax hike fails, buses will continue as usual

October 29, 2016

Wayne Co. Schools’ $80 Million Annual Tax Hike Won’t Cover Pensions

Backers promise more teachers and smaller classes, but filling pension hole is the reality

October 27, 2016

You'd Be In Big Trouble If You Spent Like Uncle Sam

How big? A $147,631 credit card balance and growing

October 25, 2016

Granholm Touted Failed Companies in Bid for Federal Energy Job

WikiLeaks memo cites flops as proof of her leadership

October 20, 2016

Michigan Spends Hundreds of Millions Supporting Private Schools

But liberal commentator believes small amount added this year is 'clearly unconstitutional'

October 12, 2016

State Takes Minnow-Bite From City’s Budget, Lobbyist Cries 'Shark'

Media outlet follows their lead

October 11, 2016

Progress Michigan Hits Road With False School 'Cuts' Claims

Respect for the facts still matters

September 27, 2016

Note to Hillary Clinton: Right-to-Work Laws Are Very Popular

Democratic candidate asks ‘why aren’t I 50 points ahead’ because of union issue

September 22, 2016

We Verify Teachers Union Pay Claims, You Choose Whether to Trust Them

Union president’s compensation storylines often don’t hold water

September 20, 2016

Union Claims Experienced Teachers Make Less Than $30K; They Don't

Benton Harbor teacher pay below average, but apparently not low enough for union rhetoric

September 19, 2016

Michigan Class Sizes Hard to Find, So Public Radio Reports Opinions

The facts are available, but not easy to collect

September 17, 2016

Wild West: What Education Establishment Calls Parents Choosing Their Kids’ School

Poor performing school districts unused to having competition

September 8, 2016

Troubling Lack of Student Test Progress Deserves Candor, Not Spin

September 1, 2016

State Ed Chief: Opening School Near Another One is 'Wasteful'

August 30, 2016

This Fall Will Be the First Time There are Fewer Charter Schools

'Flood' of charters claim doesn't hold water

August 29, 2016

Labor's Voices Sound More False Notes On Teacher Pay

A regular 16-year teacher in this St. Clair County district gets $62,940 to $71,915

August 19, 2016

Hard to Find: 'Teachers On Food Stamps'

A first-year teacher would need three or more dependents to qualify

August 18, 2016

When Was Flint 'Run Like a Business'?

'Never waste a crisis' becomes rewriting history

August 16, 2016

Hoping Against History: Clinton Calls for Millions of Clean Energy Jobs

There are very few 'clean energy' jobs

August 13, 2016

Post-Bankruptcy Detroit Hasn't A Clue How Much Comp Time It Owes Employees

'Antiquated' payroll system's update two years overdue

August 11, 2016

After Billions in Subsidies, Just 918 Michigan Car Battery Jobs

In 2010, Granholm predicted 62,000 jobs

July 30, 2016

Children Poisoned by Lead Shouldn't Be Turned Into A Limerick

Granholm trivializes Flint water crisis with tasteless demagoguery

July 28, 2016

Not in a Box, Not With a Fox; GOP Didn't Cut School Funding

Granholm blames Republicans for faux cuts to schools in Seuss-style poem

July 27, 2016

Trust Parents or Political Appointees to Choose Best School for Kids?

Children come first

July 23, 2016

No Conspiracy Behind Cheap Gas Prices, Just Good Old Supply and Demand

Thank the frackers when filling up

July 18, 2016

Party In Crony Capitalism Revolt Holds Convention at Government-Owned Hotel

But some Michigan GOP delegates may feel right at home

July 16, 2016

Mark Ruffalo Wants Government to Defund the Police — But Fund His Films

'Hulk' star has appeared in many taxpayer subsidized movies

July 16, 2016

Mr. Dem House Leader, You're Still Not Entitled to Your Own Facts

No 'unfettered' charter school expansion; no school 'funding cuts'

July 11, 2016

School Funding Is Complicated: One Part Goes Down But Total Goes Up

State's foundation grant to Ann Arbor goes down, but aid per pupil goes up

July 5, 2016

More Mythical School Funding Cuts Reported

But even with no cuts, school boards face big challenges

June 29, 2016

School Budgets Stressed Alright — But Not From Mythical State ‘Cuts’

Watch the skyrocketing pension expenses

June 22, 2016

Not So Fast ... Dems Don't Get That School Spending is Up

There they go again

June 15, 2016

You're Wrong, Senator: Many Detroit Teachers Do Earn More Than You

June 10, 2016

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