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Michigan Gives Final OK To Common Core Standards

LANSING (WWJ/AP) - The Michigan Legislature has given the final go-ahead to resume spending money to implement more rigorous and uniform national education standards. The Republican-led House approved...

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Detroit Schools Holds Career Fair For Teachers

DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Public Schools is hosting a teacher career fair to help fill nearly 100 new teaching positions. The event is scheduled from 4-6 p.m. Friday at Martin Luther King Jr. high...

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Struggling Flint School District Wants Confirmation Of Employee Count

FLINT (AP) – There is no direct deposit this week for teachers and other employees in the Flint school district. They were required to pick up their check in person Friday as the struggling district...

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EAA Pulls Job Posting For Teachers To Work ‘In A Christian Setting’

DETROIT (WWJ) – The Michigan Education Achievement Authority has removed a controversial job posting seeking teachers to work “in a Christian setting” after a complaint was filed by the American Civil...

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Lawyer: Teacher Shoots Video Of Autistic Child In Distress, Distributes It...

GOODRICH (WWJ) - An elementary school teacher is on paid leave from her school in Goodrich, Michigan over an incident involving a 10-year-old autistic student. Oaktree Elementary teacher Nicole McVey...

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Detroit Teacher Says State-Managed Schools Are Unsafe

DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit teacher gives the state-run Education Achievement Authority a failing grade when it comes to student safety. “The EAA has been so poorly managed from day one,” said Jenna...

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Lawyer: Parents Of Student Who Got Stuck In Chair Blindsided By Deal With...

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) - The parents of a Michigan elementary school student who was videotaped while stuck in a classroom chair “have no recourse” but to sue now that the...

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Detroit Teachers Union Will Fight Pay Cuts ‘By Any Means Necessary’

DETROIT (WWJ) – The Detroit teachers union is preparing to enter into a legal battle with the Detroit Public Schools district to prevent a 10 percent wage cut after voters failed to pass a county-wide...

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State OKs Plan To Cut Pay For Detroit Teachers

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan education department has approved a Detroit Public Schools plan to cut teachers’ pay by 10 percent. State Superintendent Mike Flanagan announced Wednesday that he had...

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Detroit Public Schools Cancels Planned 10 Percent Teacher Pay Cut

DETROIT (WWJ) – The Detroit Public Schools won’t be cutting teachers’ pay as was previously planned. That’s according to the district’s emergency manager Jack Martin, who announced DPS will not...

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Judge: Michigan Teachers Can Exit Union Anytime

By David Eggert, Associated Press LANSING (AP) - Michigan’s largest teachers’ union should allow members to resign at any time and stop enforcing an annual one-month opt-out window, a state labor judge...

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Roads Top Michigan Legislature’s Lame-Duck Agenda

By David Eggert, Associated Press LANSING (AP) - Michigan lawmakers have three weeks left in their lame-duck session to enact a potentially wide-ranging assortment of bills, topped by the most pressing...

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Emergency Manager: Detroit School District May Need Layoffs

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The state-appointed emergency manager of the Detroit Public Schools district says layoffs may be needed to help close a deficit of about $170 million. Darnell Earley told The Detroit...

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Taylor Teachers Opposed To Union Win Contract Challenge

DETROIT (AP) - A 10-year contract between a Detroit-area school district and employees was a “reckless” attempt to get around Michigan’s right-to-work law and force teachers to keep paying union dues,...

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18 Detroit Schools Forced To Close As Teachers Rally In Lansing Against...

DETROIT (WWJ) – Eighteen public schools in Detroit were forced to close Thursday as dozens of teachers head to Michigan’s capital to show their “determined opposition” of the governor’s strategy for...

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Michigan Senate To OK Teacher Evaluation Changes

LANSING (AP) – The Michigan Senate is expected to vote to implement state standards for evaluating teachers and school administrators while also delaying their implementation. Senators on Wednesday...

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Michigan Senate Approves New Teacher Evaluation Standards Based Partially On...

 LANSING (AP) – New state standards for evaluating teachers and school administrators would take effect in the 2017-18 academic year – four years later than planned – under legislation approved...

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Hundreds Of Detroit Teachers Shorted On Paychecks Due To ‘Technical Issues’

DETROIT (WWJ) – Some Detroit teachers have been shorted on their paychecks this week while district officials blame a technical glitch. Detroit Federation of Teachers union president Steve Conn said...

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Study: Detroit Ranks As One Of the Nation’s Top Cities For Teachers

By Dan Jenkins @DanTJenkins Add this to the list of things Michigan residents thought they would never hear: Detroit has been named one of the top cities in the entire nation for teachers. According to...

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Student Test Scores To Impact Teacher Evaluations Under New Framework Passed...

LANSING (AP) – A new state framework for evaluating teachers and school administrators would take effect this academic year, with annual evaluations being based in part on students’ standardized test...

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Snyder Signs Law Outlining New Teacher Evaluation Standards Based Partly On...

LANSING (AP) – Michigan teachers and school administrators will work within a new evaluation system based partly on students’ improvement on standardized tests under a law signed by Gov. Rick Snyder on...

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National Teachers Union To Handle Day-To-Day Operations In Detroit

DETROIT (AP) – The American Federation of Teachers has voted to assume day-to-day operations of the Detroit Federation of Teachers union. Monday’s vote from the national union’s executive council came...

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Has A Special Teacher Inspired You? Share Your Story

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – Do you have a teacher who changed your life for the better? The Wayne State University College of Education is asking people to publicly recognize your favorite teachers by...

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Detroit Schools To Defer Start Of Employee Contract Talks

DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit Public Schools will defer the opening of collective bargaining discussions with unions until after state lawmakers take action on the district’s enormous debt. The district...

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Michigan Looks To Close Pension System To New Teachers

LANSING (AP) – The Michigan Senate is poised to vote to close the pension system to newly hired school employees and instead provide them solely a 401(k) in retirement. The Republican-controlled...

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School District Arms Teachers With Baseball Bats

PENNSYLVANIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania school district has given its teachers small wooden baseball bats as a reminder to fight a school shooter with any weapon available should other options fail. The...

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Teacher Says He Was Suspended For Serving Pancakes During State Test

CBS Local — A middle school teacher in Pennsylvania is reportedly heading back to work just days after he was suspended for serving his students pancakes during a state exam. Kyle Byler, an...

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Michigan Teachers Create Safety App For School Lockdowns

MICHIGAN — In response to the Parkland shooting and the rise of school-related gun violence throughout the country. Two local teachers have decided to do their part to help in the event of a crisis....

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Proposed Changes to Michigan Social Studies Curriculum Sparks Controversy

MICHIGAN — Proposed changes to how Michigan teaches social studies has caused an uproar among the state’s parents and educators, and there’s still more time to voice an opinion about the new k-12...

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Teacher: I Was Fired Over ‘No Zeros’ Grading Policy For Kids Who Didn’t Do...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS Local) — A teacher in Florida says she was fired for refusing to give students grades on homework that wasn’t turned in. Diana Tirado got a job at West Gate K-8 School in Port...

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American Teachers Battle For Maternity Leave

(CNN) — Emily James, a high school teacher in Brooklyn, New York, tries to never miss a day of work. She’s taught with two infected wisdom teeth. She’s taught with strep throat. One time, she had no...

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Detroit Public Schools To Raise Starting Teacher Salaries By 33%

DETROIT, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Detroit Public Schools will raise starting teacher salaries by 33 percent, which will make them the highest paid first year educators in metro Detroit, according to a...

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Survey: Michigan Educators Feel Unsafe Returning To School

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The majority of educators in Michigan have safety concerns and don’t believe they’ll be able to return to in-person learning in January, according to a study from the state...

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Detroit Public School Community District Returns To Optional In-Person Learning

(CBS DETROIT)- For the first time in 4 months students of the Detroit Public School Community District return to classrooms. Singing “If your happy and you know stump your feet” Kindergarteners at...

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Michigan Special Education Teacher Shortage Worries Educators

Michigan (WNEM) — A shortage of special education teachers in Michigan is growing worse during the pandemic. That shortage is prompting the state to loosen restrictions just to fill gaps, but those...

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UP District Offers Free College Housing To Summer Teachers

HANCOCK, Mich. (AP) — A school district in the Upper Peninsula is looking for summer teachers who could be enticed by Lake Superior, small-town living — and free lodging in a college dorm. The Hancock...

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Michigan Health Dept. Issues COVID-19 School Recommendations For Students,...

(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued recommendations for schools to help prevent transmission of COVID-19 within school buildings in an effort to reduce...

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McDonald’s Offering Free Breakfast To Educators, School Staff This Week

(CBS DETROIT) – Teachers and school staff may want to head out early tomorrow morning, to grab some free breakfast from the golden arches. McDonald’s is gifting educators, school staff, and...

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“He’s The Father To Thousands”, Community Mourns Retired Detroit Teacher

(CBS DETROIT) – Schools are known to be a foundation in the community. A place where children go to develop. One teacher spent over 30 years investing in that development, and now his former students...

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Michigan Gov. Whitmer Signs Bill For Non-Teaching Staff To Work As Subs

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan public schools can use non-teaching staff as substitute teachers the rest of the academic year under a law designed to address a shortage during the coronavirus pandemic....

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