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     Legislature proposes sweeping powers for EFM’s, to pay off debt to banks Breaking news: go to http://www.freep.com/article/20110131/NEWS15/110131028/State-tries-head-off-city-school-district-bankruptcies?odyssey=obinsite to read Free Press report that Gov. Snyder’s aide Andy Dillon is busy “training” 45 emergency financial managers with the expectation that … Continue reading →

  By Diane Bukowski   LANSING—Hat in hand, Detroit Public Schools (DPS) czar Robert Bobb and his Chief Academic Accountability Officer Barbara Byrd-Bennett begged a Feb. 9 joint meeting of the House and Senate Education Committees for legislation that would … Continue reading →

To all defenders of public education: BAMN Dailycensored.com http://dailycensored.com/2011/02/13/to-all-defenders-of-public-education-bamn/ February 14, 2011 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is hosting an International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City on March 16-17. It is by “invitation only” and … Continue reading →

Mayor Dave Bing at podium, (l to r) Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner John McCulloch; McCullocH initiated motion that U.S. District Judge Sean Cox has now ruled on … Continue reading →

  Sources: AL JAZEERA and news agencies Algerian security forces and pro-democracy protesters are clashing, as demonstrations got underway in the capital Algiers on Saturday. At least 2,000 protestors were able to overcome a security cordon enforced around the capital’s … Continue reading →

  VANESSA FLUKER Are you paying for your neighbor’s foreclosure?   What’s really going on?  Who is Responsible?  What YOU can DO about it!  Testimony before House Judiciary Committee Dec. 15. 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7y9E2QGRhM  Learn more about how Attorney Vanessa Fluker is … Continue reading →

   BREAKING NEWS: OAAC ANNOUNCES RALLY IN SUPPORT OF EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION, SAT. FEB. 12 4 P.M. DEARBORN CITY HALL, MICHIGAN AT SCHAEFER, WITH CELEBRATION AFTER RALLY AT 4337 MAPLE (turn right behind Deaborn City Hall, go two blocks.)   Join us … Continue reading →

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/  Click on link above to watch live streaming coverage of revolution in Egypt, as the masses are now marching on the Presidential Palace and the offices of state television, in the wake of Mubarak’s announcement that he will not step down as … Continue reading →

As a result of the labor-community action described below, articles appeared in the city’s two dailies at  http://detnews.com/article/20110207/SCHOOLS/102070387/DPS-unions-say-Bobb-chose-outsourcing-over-greater-savings and  http://www.freep.com/article/20110207/NEWS01/110207048/Union-questions-DPS-savings-from-outsourcing?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE. NOTE THE FREEP ARTICLE SAYS THAT SODEXO IS ALSO CONDUCTING DRUG TESTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS ON DPS WORKERS WHO ARE RE-APPLYING … Continue reading →

FROM HELEN MOORE, RUSS BELLANT and AURORA HARRIS: This is a call for and from Detroit Public School community advocates to be in Lansing this Wednesday at 8:30 am for a joint hearing of the House and Senate Education committees, … Continue reading →