Thursday, February 7, 2013
The head of the Michigan Department of Education says higher salaries for teachers is what the state needs to attract better qualified math and science teachers.
If you want better qualified math and science teachers, you have to pay them more. That's was the recent message from state Superintendent Mike Flanagan, who heads up the Michigan Department of Education (MDE). Flanagan spoke to an assembly of scientists at Michigan State last week, noting that the state needs more math and science teachers. However, according to Flanagan, most scientists and mathematicians don't consider teaching in public schools to be a viable career option. "We can do all we want with content standards, but the elephant in the room is that it won't do much good if we don't have enough math and science teachers in our schools," Flanagan said, according to a press release from the state. So how much do Flanagan think …
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Because Adequate Yearly Progress now has more stringent requirements for a school district to pass, Huron Valley failed to meet the mark, even though a majority of its schools did.
Today the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) released its school report cards, which includes the list of schools meeting state standards through Adequate Yearly Progress. And Lakeland High School and Milford High School are listed as among the most sucessful in Huron Valley. Lakeland is listed as "reward school" - a new designation from the state - meaning it is among the top five percent of schools in Michigan and has made significant gains in academic progess during recent years. Milford is not listed as a reward school. “We applaud the hard work and achievement of the educators and students in our Reward Schools because they are zeroed in on improving learning,” said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan in a …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Changes will take place during the 2014-2015 school year.
Paper and pencil for statewide tests will soon be a thing of the past for Michigan students as they prepare to take a new online assessment detailed during a roundtable Monday by the Michigan Department of Education. The exam will replace the standardized MEAP and MME assessments in math, reading and writing, beginning during the 2014-2015 school year. The MEAP and MME assessments will still be given in science and social studies. But unlike the tests students are used to, the new statewide exam will not have a common set of questions. Subsequent questions will be determined based on how a student answers the previous one. A correct answer yields a harder one. An incorrect responce yields an easier question. The goal is to have students …
The new online assessment will replace the MEAP and MME tests in math, reading and writing beginning during the 2014-15 school year.
Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, students throughout Michigan will be given an online exam to test their knowledge of core subjects. The test replaces the Michigan Merit Exam (MME) and the Michigan Educational Assessment Progam (MEAP) in all subjects except social science and science. Called Smarter Balanced, the exam was produced by The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a state-led effort to provide consistent and comparable standards, aligned to the Common Core State Standards, in English language arts, literacy and mathematics. Smarter Balanced recently released a Technology Readiness Tool for districts to measure readiness to move to an online assessment program. Martineau said only about 6 percent of districts have taken …
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11:11 am on Sunday, February 10, 2013
$100k for a nine month a year job is absolutely absurd even with the degree requirements. Teachers can pick up side projects during those three months off like many other working Americans who do side projects in addition to working 52 weeks a year. As far as qualified teachers go, you don't need a genius to teach subject matter that is covered in the first two years at any college. What we need … more ›