Sorry to say that I know former MI Governor Jennifer Granholm and she is no true supporter of public education. I am a lifelong Democrat, although devastated by this Party’s intoxification with the toxic philanthropy of Bill Gates, Eli Broad….and the privatization of what we used to be able to call “publlic schools” and testification […]
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Cheers, Dr. Joseph Biederman…I feel privileged to know you.
I feel privileged to know Dr. Joseph Biederman, Chair of the Pediatric Psychopharmacology Unit, Adult ADHD and Bressler Autism Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Biederman is the very reason that my son Andrew has been under the care of his partner and early protégée Dr. Janet Wozniak for the past fourteen years. I […]
MI DOE declares, “We don’t have to investigate special ed complaints!”
The Michigan Department of Education (“MDE”) has crossed the point of no return. Their actions regarding the investigation and issuing of Final Reports, pursuant to parents, advocates and concerned citizens submitting written special education complaints, are nothing short of in violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) 2004. A thirty-nine year old/young federal […]
MDE Superintendent Mike Flanagan Responds to My Concerns about Director of un-Special Ed Job Posting
Here is my email earlier this evening to MI DOE Superintendent Mike Flanagan and his immediate response regarding my concerns about the August 14, 2014 job posting for the new director of un-special education. Clearly, I hit a nerve as Mr. Flanagan doth protest too much…. Dear Superintendent Flanagan- As a lay advocate for students […]
EAA Kindergarten Dumpster
Explain this to me like I am one of the five year olds in the EAA’s Kindergarten Hub-dumpster. All current studies on best educational practices supports the importance of small classrooms. The EAA is calling the consolidation and herding of Kindergarten students an “experiment?” This is a gag alert, warning. There is no research […]