Tag: EAA

PETITION: Eastern Michigan University faculty and students continue push to sever relationship with the EAA

PETITION: Eastern Michigan University faculty and students continue push to sever relationship with the EAA

Many Eastern Michigan University faculty and students, particularly those in the College of Education, have been pushing the EMU regents to immediately end their partnership with Governor Snyder’s failed experiment with Detroit students known as the Education Achievement Authority. Professor Stephen Wellinski has created a petition which you can sign HERE to show your support. Dr. Wellinski has put together […]

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EVENTS: Upcoming education forums, EAA Board meeting, and more

EVENTS: Upcoming education forums, EAA Board meeting, and more

Education related events are popping up all over the southeast part of Michigan over the next week. Here is a run-down on those that I have learned about. FRIENDS OF EDUCATION MEET & GREET – MARCH 8, 2014 (TODAY!) AT NOON IN ANN ARBOR Today from noon to 2:00 at the Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, a wide variety […]

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UPDATED: Rick Snyder redefines “success” and “progress” for Detroit students

UPDATED: Rick Snyder redefines “success” and “progress” for Detroit students

In a Detroit News op-ed today, Governor Rick Snyder doubled down on his support for the failed experiment with Detroit students known as the Education Achievement Authority. The piece, titled “The EAA is a worthy experiment” is nearly comical in its Polly Annaish view of the EAA. Our governor seems to have bought every single story told to him about […]

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PETITION: Tell Gov. Snyder to end his experiment with Detroit kids in the EAA

PETITION: Tell Gov. Snyder to end his experiment with Detroit kids in the EAA

Educator and education activist Sherry Gay-Dagnogo has created a MoveOn.org petition asking Governor Rick Snyder to end his education experiment on Detroit’s students — the failed Education Achievement Authority. You can sign the petition HERE Here is the text of the petition: Tell Governor Snyder to Shut the E.A.A. Down! To be delivered to The Michigan State House, The Michigan […]

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UPDATED: In-depth analysis of MEAP data for the EAA shows a striking lack of “achievement” & significant declines in proficiency

UPDATED: In-depth analysis of MEAP data for the EAA shows a striking lack of “achievement” & significant declines in proficiency

Several days ago, I wrote about how MEAP testing scores of students in the Education Achievement Authority experiment in Detroit fail to support claims that students in the system were actually making progress. Further analysis of the “cohort data” which tracks individual students from one grade level to the next shows that the situation is actually much worse than the […]

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INTERVIEW: A former EAA administrator who was fired without being told why speaks out (UPDATED)

INTERVIEW: A former EAA administrator who was fired without being told why speaks out (UPDATED)

Today’s interview is with a former EAA administrator who was fired by Chancellor Covington (though she was allowed to “resign”) but never given a reason why. In fact, after she collected unemployment for over a month, the EAA challenged her unemployment on the basis of “misconduct”. However, their accusation was found to be unsubstantiated and their claim was denied. But […]

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MEAP scores refute Education Achievement Authority claims of success, some areas show WORSENING results

MEAP scores refute Education Achievement Authority claims of success, some areas show WORSENING results

Not an authority on education achievement, apparently A couple of weeks ago, after listening to a WKAR interview with Education Achievement Authority Chancellor John Covington and the lawmaker who sponsored the bill that would expand the EAA statewide, Lisa Lyons, I wondered aloud if perhaps Ms. Lyons had already seen the MEAP scores that were released yesterday. Lyons, the chair […]

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EAA chief responds to ACLU letter + summer EAA schedule being determined by customers … err, students

EAA chief responds to ACLU letter + summer EAA schedule being determined by customers … err, students

As I mentioned yesterday, the ACLU discovered that the Education Achievement Authority had a job posting on their website for pre-school teachers that described the position at three different schools as being “teachers are responsible for implementing a developmentally appropriate early childhood education curriculum in a Christian setting”. As I wrote in my post about this, the job posting language […]

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EAA grab bag: Job posting for EAA preschool in a “Christian setting”, Chancellor Covington in spin mode, and more

EAA grab bag: Job posting for EAA preschool in a “Christian setting”, Chancellor Covington in spin mode, and more

Yesterday, the ACLU of Michigan sent Education Achievement Authority Chancellor John Covington a letter asking about this job posting (archived HERE.) The job posting is for preschool teachers at Law, Bethune, and Brenda Scott elementary schools, all part of the EAA. The job description says that the, “teachers are responsible for implementing a developmentally appropriate early childhood education curriculum in […]

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An EAA teacher on why she quit: “You are the most unprofessional people I’ve ever worked with”

An EAA teacher on why she quit: “You are the most unprofessional people I’ve ever worked with”

Today’s interview is with Karyn Brooks, a former teacher at the Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary-Middle School, or “Bethune” as everyone generally calls it. Karyn is unique among the teachers with whom I have spoken because she had the good sense to get out of the EAA before the end of its first calendar year of existence. She took a more […]

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EAA Chancellor Covington “supports” Dept of Education ending exclusivity contract – but won’t let them out of it

EAA Chancellor Covington “supports” Dept of Education ending exclusivity contract – but won’t let them out of it

On Wednesday of this past week, news broke that State Superintendent Mike Flanagan was ending a 15-year exclusivity contract with the Governor Rick Snyder’s failed experiment with Detroit children known as the Education Achievement Authority. The contract specified that the State School Reform/Redesign District (SSRRD) would only place “low performing” schools in the EAA. By ending that part of the […]

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