October 2010

Why does Michigan want Governor Nerd?

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Michigan newspapers have endorsed Rick Snyder to be our next governor; an outsider, a nerd, and never having held a public office, or pushed through a piece of legislation, let alone navigated a term-limited partisan-shackled legislature.  When students with disabilities are in a “critical area of learning” our public schools provide them with an “extended […]

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MDE, DPS and an Educational Shell Game

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The Michigan Department of Education is withholding $5 million dollars of federal money from the Detroit Public Schools after finding them in substantive violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, our federal law that mandates a “free appropriate public education” for students with disabilities.   This is outrageous when the very same Department gave ALL

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