Education
By the numbers: 79 percent of Ann Arbor schools' cuts are staff reductions
Posted: Jun 14, 2013Nearly 79 percent of the approximately $6.88 million in cuts to the Ann Arbor Public Schools' budget for fiscal year 2014 came in the form of staff reductions, a review of the numbers shows. Read more »
Rutledge removes name as sponsor as school district dissolution bills pass House
Posted: Jun 14, 2013State Rep. David Rutledge, D-Superior Township, says he regretfully opposed House Bills 4813 and 4815, which deal with dissolving financially struggling school districts. Read more »
Ypsilanti Courier: EMU alumnus co-producer new 'Man of Steel' Superman movie
Posted: Jun 14, 2013The new Man of Steel Superman movie has yet another Washtenaw County connection. Read more »
Letter: ACLU calls school board's decision to charge students for 7th hour 'misguided and illegal'
Posted: Jun 13, 2013The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued a letter to the Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education and Superintendent Patricia Green Wednesday calling the district's proposed fee for seventh-hour high school classes "misguided and illegal." Read more »
UPDATED: Personal information of 33,260 University of Michigan Union Ticket Office patrons at risk after database breach
Posted: Jun 13, 2013Credit card information belonging to thousands of people who have bought tickets at the University of Michigan Union Ticket Office over a 20-month period may have been stolen, according to a school official. Read more »
Detroit News: Dave Brandon talks about young granddaughter's successful open heart surgery at Mott
Posted: Jun 13, 2013A story in The Detroit News profiles University of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon's relationship with his 20-month granddaughter, who received open-heart surgery at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board names top central administrator as interim superintendent
Posted: Jun 13, 2013The Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education named David Comsa the interim chief superintendent for the district Wednesday. Read more »
Ann Arbor school board saves high school busing, reading intervention in harried budget decision
Posted: Jun 13, 2013Ann Arbor school board members Wednesday saved high school busing from elimination and seven of 10 reading intervention specialists for next year, but finalized cuts to about 70 other employees - including 30 teachers. Read more »
Q&A: State Rep. David Rutledge: 'I am doing what I think I was called to do'
Posted: Jun 13, 2013State Rep. David Rutledge still vividly remembers a day in the early 1960s that he says both haunted him for a long time and steered him toward a career in public service. Read more »
CNBC: Thomson Reuters offers elite traders early release of University of Michigan consumer confidence figure
Posted: Jun 12, 2013CNBC reports that a select group of elite clients, who pay an undisclosed fee, get access to the data two seconds before other traders. Read more »
Mary Sue Coleman to give California Institute of Technology commencement speech
Posted: Jun 12, 2013University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman will give California Institute of Technology's commencement speech on Friday, June 14. Read more »
Next Ann Arbor Skyline principal: District selects Ypsilanti New Tech High leader
Posted: Jun 12, 2013Ann Arbor's Skyline High School will have a new principal from a neighboring school district come fall. Read more »
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