School Takeover is Key to Mich. Education Reform
Michigan's aggressive plan to turn around and perhaps take over the worst of its public schools will be a key piece of the state's effort to win up to $400 million in federal stimulus money for education.
Mike Flanagan, the state's superintendent of public instruction, said Thursday that the takeover legislation will be a key part of the state's application for the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition.
About $4 billion from the federal Recovery Act will be set aside for states that do the most to turn around struggling schools and improve student performance. It's possible that only a dozen or fewer states will win money in the first phase of the competition, but Flanagan says the education legislation passed last week by the Michigan Legislature is important regardless of whether it...
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