Achieve and the American Council on Education (ACE) sponsored a free Webinar for the higher education community entitled "Common Core Standards: What Are They? And What Could They Mean to You?" The Webinar included an overview of the standards, discussion of their potential implications for higher education, and audience questions. Featured speakers were: Michael Cohen, President, Achieve; Molly Corbett Broad, President, American Council on Education; and Lynne Weisenbach, Vice Chancellor for Educator Preparation and Innovation, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

“And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Self-Reliance

This special report shares with you candidate answers to their plans for determining your future as a citizen of our great state. It's worth a read! - JB

http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/special-report-how-guv-candidates-sa...

Here's a second story regarding their "solutions" for Michigan Education...
http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/special-report-what-guv-candidates-s...

By Caralee Adams posted on Ed Week on July 15, 2010 1:30 PM

The mission of high schools can no longer be to simply get students to graduate. Their expanded mission must be to ready students for careers and college—without the need for remediation.

Jami Bronson of Mill Creek Middle School in Dexter has been selected as a finalist for 2011 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year award!

Mill Creek Middle School, which has been honored as a School to Watch, gathers much of its success from the collaborative leadership model developed by principal Jami Bronson. "Staff are empowered and feel like they have a voice at Mill Creek Middle School," Bronson said.