Stealing Michigan Taxpayers’ Money The Charter School Way: The Story of Dr....
One month ago Dr. Steve Ingersoll and his wife Deborah were both charged with several counts of fraud, including defrauding Chemical Bank, the United States and tax evasion by a federal grand jury. The...
View ArticleKnow Your PACs: Great Lakes Education Project
Betsy DeVos is a woman on a crusade. Her goal for the state of Michigan is one thing, and that is eliminating public education from the state forever. Since 2001 Betsy DeVos with her husband Dick have...
View ArticleOptometrist Turned Educator: The Continuing Story Of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
GREETINGS DELTA CHARTER SCHOOL VISITORS! Please click this link for an update on the Steve Ingersoll story. Michigan has lots of charter schools. The state leads the United States in charter school...
View ArticleReinventing The Curriculum Wheel: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
When you’re an optometrist in the charter school business and your business model is based on selling parents eyeglasses for their children and curing them of ADHD with your own personal brand of...
View ArticleMuskegon Heights Schools Will Be Run By Muskegon Area ISD For 2014 – 2015...
Muskegon Heights Schools voted to hire a superintendent and go to the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District for management of their district for the next three years. The Muskegon Heights Charter...
View ArticleYou Really Need To Read Freep’s Series On Charter Schools This Week
The Detroit Free Press will publish an exposé on Michigan charter schools in a series of stories that began on Sunday and runs through this week. Charter schools are pushed into communities by...
View ArticleA Picture Worth A Billion
Have you ever seen a happier group of people? They’re giving each other a big group hug and flashing their brightest smiles at the camera. Just by looking at it, this picture could be one of many...
View ArticleState Superintendent Mike Flanagan Says A Thing: Doing Anything Remains To Be...
UPDATE: Mike Flanagan announced he will retire when his contract ends in 2015. Another reason it’s vitally important that Mark Schauer is our next governor. In the days since the Detroit Free Press...
View ArticleEleven For-Profit Charter School Authorizers Under The Gun For Poor Performance
Today the Michigan Department of Education listed 11 charter school authorizers who have not met expectations for providing oversight with the charter school management companies they issued charters...
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