November, 2007

View the full story at the MDE Site here..

With the reporting now complete for the elementary, middle, and high school levels, school districts also received their AYP reports. Of the 551 public school districts, Public School Academies , and Intermediate School Districts that receive AYP reports, 19 did not making AYP this past year, compared to four in 2005-06.

Greetings Jim,

I am writing from Michigan State University about a ground breaking project linking high schools in the United States with high schools in Algeria. This "Partnership Schools Program," funded by the U.S. State Department, is a collaborative program between Michigan State University, Creative Associates International in Washington, D.C., and the Algerian Ministry of National Education.

We are considering teaming our freshmen class into 4 different groups by using a math,science or social studies team or math, science or language arts team. Does anyone do this now. Posted Nov. 29, 2007

November 29, 2007

WHAT: The Michigan Department of Education will publicly release the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) School Report Cards for Michigan’s public high schools and school districts. This is the annual report of AYP, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

WHEN: Friday, November 30, 2007
10:00 a.m.

WHERE: Go to the Michigan Department of Education website
www.michigan.gov/mde

With college tuition costs rising and the state of government finances unsteady, a number of Republican members on the House Education Committee expressed concern Tuesday that legislation allowing communities to create "promise zones" to provide financial aid for students' higher education (HB 5375) would be risky business with taxpayer money.

Are there any schools that have switched from the 6 period day to the Trimester?  If 6 hour periods schools aren't making a switch aren't you going to run into a problem with core classes, elective classes, CTE?  What are you doing to solve?  Loss of elective classes to focus on the core?

Please respond to: mjoslyn@caro.k12.mi.us

One of the most upsetting things for college students to discover is that they have wasted time and money earning credits that won't apply toward a degree. A valuable new online, free system helps students transferring courses from one college or university to another to do it successfully.

One of the most upsetting things for college students to discover is that they have wasted time and money earning credits that won't apply toward a degree. A valuable new online, free system helps students transferring courses from one college or university to another to do it successfully.

Attached is a summary of the Senate actions. Closure must be done before December 1st. The good news is the Senate is committed to make sure education remains funded at the levels promised.

This bill requires school districts within in sent some common calendar dates within the school year.

This 2007 legislation allow a student transferring into the public school certain exceptions from the MI Merit Curriculum.

Education Weekly

Published Online: November 21, 2007

Study Finds Need for Sharp School Spending Hike in Pa.
By Catherine Gewertz

Pennsylvania must increase education spending by nearly 27 percent in order to reach its goal of bringing all students to proficiency in mathematics and reading by 2014, according to a financial analysis ordered by state lawmakers.

AN ACT to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of public instruction and elementary and
secondary schools; to revise, consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary education; to provide
for the organization, regulation, and maintenance of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate school
districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights, powers, duties, and privileges of schools, school districts,

For what?
For the first Basic Administrator Certificate issued by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) since Governor Granholm signed Public Act 335 of 2006. Framed and hanging outside my office door at Saginaw Valley for all to see -- I am so proud of it.

Why?

See Attachment for Original Document

STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
Introduced by Reps. Acciavatti, Sheltrown, Palmer, Robertson, Pavlov,
Gosselin, LaJoy, Nitz, Gaffney, Walker, McConico, Anderson, Stewart,
Phillips, Lipsey, Kooiman, Meyer, Newell, Brown, Pastor, Hopgood,
Brandenburg, Bieda, Wojno, Clack, Condino, Vagnozzi, Taub, Accavitti,
Stakoe, Garfield, Hune, Gleason, Hoogendyk, Nofs, Ward, Sak, Stahl,
Farhat, Moolenaar, Palsrok, Dillon, Ball, Booher, Caul, Cheeks,
Clemente, Donigan, Elsenheimer, Espinoza, Gonzales, Hansen, Jones, Kahn,

See Attachment for Original Document

STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
Introduced by Reps. Mortimer, Anderson, Stewart, Phillips, Zelenko,
Lipsey, Kooiman, Meyer, Vander Veen, Brown, Gaffney, Farrah, Pastor,
LaJoy, Brandenburg, Bieda, Wojno, Acciavatti, Condino, Vagnozzi, Taub,
Accavitti, Hune, Gleason, Nofs, Ward, Sak, Stahl, Sheen, Farhat,
Moolenaar, Gillard, Ball, Booher, Caul, Cheeks, Donigan, Elsenheimer,
Espinoza, Gonzales, Hansen, Hildenbrand, Jones, Kahn, Kehrl, Leland,
Lemmons, III, Lemmons, Jr., Mayes, McDowell, Palmer, Pearce, Polidori,

See Attachment for Original Document

STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
Introduced by
Senators Switalski and Emerson
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1095
AN ACT to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled An act to make appropriations to aid in the support of the public schools and the intermediate school districts of
the state; to make appropriations for certain other purposes relating to
education; to provide for the disbursement of the appropriations; to
supplement the school aid fund by the levy and collection of certain

See Attachment for Original Document

STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
Introduced by Reps. Van Regenmorter, Kahn, Taub and Caswell
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4460
AN ACT to amend 1941 PA 207, entitled “An act to provide for the
prevention of fires and the protection of persons and property from
exposure to the dangers of fire or explosion; to authorize the
investigation of fires and the discovery of crime or other offenses in
relation thereto; to require the razing, repair, or alteration of

See Attachment for Original Document

STATE OF MICHIGAN
93RD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2006
Introduced by Senator Kuipers
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1327
AN ACT to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled “An act to provide a system of
public instruction and elementary and secondary schools; to revise,
consolidate, and clarify the laws relating to elementary and secondary
education; to provide for the organization, regulation, and maintenance
of schools, school districts, public school academies, intermediate
school districts, and other public school entities; to prescribe rights,

A bill boosting fees for teacher certificates and permits to pay for a new database on certified teachers was signed Monday by Governor Jennifer Granholm.

The additional $35 for certificates and $20 for a substitute teacher permit under HB 4591 (PA 144) would raise an estimated $1.7 million a year for the Department of Education to maintain the database. The increase brings the total fee to $160 and the fee for permits to $45.

The database would keep track of each teacher's professional development activities and the current status of his or her certificates.