Letters to the Editor
Letter: Plymouth-Canton Superintendent Speaks Out Against Education Bill
Superintendent Jeremy Hughes warns of effects of Education Achievement Authority legislation.
To the Parents and Friends of Plymouth-Canton Community Schools – Although all the news from Lansing lately is about “Right to Work,” behind the scenes there is still education legislation that is moving forward behind the scenes and, if passed, would have profound effects on Michigan’s public schools, and on PCCS in particular. This legislation pertains to the EAA (Education Achievement Authority). The EAA was formed a year ago as a kind of separate “school district” in Detroit that would take over the Detroit schools that fall in the bottom 5% of schools based on student achievement. The legislation now in Lansing would expand the EAA’s authority and allow it to take over any school in the state that is in the bottom 5%. Although the …
Danielle
11:18 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
You do know that this is an issue in the state legislature and you don't get to vote, right? Aside from that, your rhetoric that "you screwed me so I'm going to screw you" is the biggest problem in American politics and policy-making today. Please don't stoop to the administration's level, but look at this issue fairly. The EAA is an unknown quantity still and we shouldn't be making any … more ›