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Only 17.8-% of MI students deemed “college ready;” Mediocre or Failing?

July 10, 2014 By marcie

News Flash! Only 17.8-% of MI students deemed college ready. Some are cailing this “mediocre.” I call it “failing.” The MDE finally released the embargoed MME-ACT scores for the 2013-14 juniors. And with the scores released it is no wonder the MDE wanted to hide the data as long as possible. When only 60% of […]

Filed Under: ADHD, Articles, Aspergers, Autism, Education, Family, General, Special Education

Democrats turning against the teachers unions?

July 6, 2014 By marcie

  It is time to call public education what it really is. That being a bipartisan failure, almost three-quarters of a century in the reckoning. Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member, and Secretary of Labor under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, did not fight for workers’ rights, or protecting women and children’s rights in the […]

Filed Under: Education, Family, General, News, Politics, Psychology and Psychiatry, Special Education

Detroit Free Press “State of Charters” Where’s Special Ed?

June 29, 2014 By marcie

  The Detroit Free Press series, “State of Charter Schools,” (June 22-28) will undoubtably win journalism awards. It will be viewed as a stellar piece of investigative journalism. I would agree if I didn’t know better. As a longtime advocate for all children and a voice for children with disabilities, the Detroit Free Press glaringly […]

Filed Under: Education, Family, General, News, Politics, Special Education

“Like” the Michigan Alliance for Special Education, Facebook Page; The Unvarnished Truth

January 7, 2014 By marcie Leave a Comment

Folks- I am looking for every possible way to build the Michigan Alliance for Special Education Facebook page and effort….across Michigan,and even across the United States. The climate for children with special needs in Michigan and across the U.S. has not been this bad in more than forty years, Far too many legislators and Public […]

Filed Under: Education, General, Special Education

Passengers at Delta’s Mercy

September 30, 2011 By marcie Leave a Comment

September 27, 2011 Detroit Free Press Letter to the editor- Delta is not only taking advantage of business travelers to Europe and Asia.  Delta’s hub premium applies to domestic flights, as well.  Where Detroit is the hub and no other carrier –let alone low cost–flies non stop to a city in the U.S. fliers for […]

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