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Michigan’s Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Michigan ASCD), as an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner, fully endorses the work of Michigan SOS (Save our Students, Schools, and State) in replacing the existing funding formula with a more equitable and stable solution. Michigan’s struggling economy has clearly exposed the inadequacy of the state’s existing formula for funding schools, leaving school districts with difficult choices regarding programs, personnel, professional development, and options for students. Michigan ASCD exists to:

• Build a more engaged and diverse community to improve learning and teaching for each student.
• Advocate policies and practices that positively influence learning, teaching and leadership in education.
• To distribute research-based programs, products, and services that will lead educators to use best practices in learning, teaching, and leadership.

Michigan S.O.S. is committed to:

1. Fixing the broken school funding system and replace it with one that’s equitable and stable;
2. Helping districts individually and collectively become more efficient and effective ... help transform education; and
3. Assisting districts in working with their communities and creating a statewide grassroots network of supporters who can help facilitate change.

As professional educators in Michigan, we clearly and dramatically understand things as they are, possess the means and knowledge to make a difference, and are unwilling to accept the status quo. Rather, we must act now to fundamentally and forever change the set of circumstances facing Michigan’s public schools. Nothing less will do.

Sincerely,

Narda Murphy, President, Michigan ASCD

Michigan considers new standards amid low test scores
Detroit Free Press

Big ideas for Michigan schools: Solutions from other states can aid achievement
Detroit Free Press

Is the iPad better than Kindle for education?
PC World

Retired educator lists top 10 qualities of effective teachers
Education Week

Proficiency deadline could be abolished under Obama's NCLB rewrite
The New York Times

More students struggling with AP exams nationwide
USA TODAY

New report finds Michigan earns D- grade for policies on teacher quality
The Detroit News

Survey shows states aren't effectively using student data
More states have better systems for tracking student data, but many are not using the data effectively to improve education, according to a survey by the Data Quality Campaign. The report shows that 43 states have taken three or fewer of the 10 steps listed by the DQC as important for using student data effectively. "I applaud the Data Quality Campaign for challenging states to not only develop good data systems, but put them to use," said Education Secretary Arne Duncan in response to the report.
Education Week

About 1 in 5 students need remedial help in college: Expert says universities, high schools need to work together
The Detroit Free Press

Northern Michigan school shakes up class time debate
Associated Press

Group begins revision of national science standards
A panel of experts assembled by the National Research Council has begun work on a new set of national science standards for schools. The "next generation" standards will focus science instruction on a smaller number of important concepts and will aim to deepen students' understanding of science in preference to learning disconnected facts and figures. "The research is pretty clear that helping kids answer the right fill-in-the-bubble [questions] doesn't make them science-literate," an NRC official said. "And our goal is, we want a scientifically capable society."
Education Week

DPS to make textbooks all-digital in 5 years
The Detroit News

What do you do when a Promise isn't a promise?
The Detroit News

Groundbreaking report explores how intertwined punitive policies contribute to America's "dropout crisis"
advancementproject.org

Profile examines Duncan as centrist, influential leader
The New Yorker

Opinion: States need new incentives to raise academic standards
Los Angeles Times

40 States Apply for Race to the Top, Incentives/Rewards to be included in ESEA Changes
ASCD Educator Advocates

Educators debate new AYP metric in proposed NCLB rewrite
Education Week

Bill to create E-Rate 2.0 is introduced in House
T.H.E. Journal

A shift to competitive funding
ASCD Educator Advocates

President's budget proposal released
ASCD Educator Advocates

Budget to foreshadow ESEA reauthorization
ASCD Educator Advocates

Obama seeks $1.35 billion increase in Race to the Top funding
The Washington Post

Amid some opposition, 40 states expected to vie for funds
The New York Times

Duncan: Schools need to move curriculum away from teaching to tests
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)

Long-term outcomes are unclear as stimulus program reaches midpoint
Education Week

Michigan School Testing Conference 2010–50th Anniversary!
February 22-24, 2010
Location: Kensington Court Hotel, Ann Arbor

21st Century Learning
The New Digital Classroom, Building Expertise in the English Language Arts Curriculum
Wednesday, March 17th, 1 p.m. EST

The New Digital Classroom, Building Expertise through Technology
Wednesday, April 21st, 3:30 p.m. EST

Making Inclusion Work with Transdisciplinary Teaming
April 17, 2010 presented by UM-Dearborn's School of Education and Oakwood's Center for Exceptional Families in collaboration with Oakland Schools and Wayne RESA

MDE/NCA Spring School Improvement Workshop: “Effective School Improvement Practices, Creating an Atmosphere of Change”
March 15-16, 2010
Location: Lansing Center, Lansing, MI

Michigan ASCD
Professional Development Opportunities