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The Michigan Education Association has been quietly holding votes on a resolution to authorize a series of job actions including informational picketing, contacting representatives and a state-wide work stoppage, according to mlive.com. Naked Empire reports that MEA President Iris Salters sent out a letter requesting locals to delay major purchases and to start saving enough to have reserves for at least two months. The resolution is in response to funding cuts of $715 per student and the financial martial law bill that would allow the governor to shred teacher contracts and place districts under the control of CEOs.
From MI Gearing Up to Fire All Teachers on Modern School. Between this and news that the Emergency Finanical Manager has fired the entire government of Benton Harbor, MI, things look dire for Michigan. The Emergency Financial Manager has even gone so far as to recommend that the Benton Harbor Police Department learn how to put out fires (presumably so that they can replace the PD and FD with one Police unit). This is part of the same recommendation that calls for cuts in taxes. I have a sense of free fall, with no notion of where the bottom is or if we have any tether to prevent impact. Via Into the Strenuous Briefness and Pantsless Progressive. (via vastmachinery)(via vastmachinery)
Posted on April 17, 2011 via Education Policy with 20 notes
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Christina, if this shit goes down as people are predicting, then it will actually not even be possible for me to end up...
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