Ann Arbor Schools Musings

I've been dreaming about this for months. As my youngest child was getting ready to graduate from high school, all spring I would think about winding down this blog. Which--to be fair--I've been ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-end-is-near-maybe.html

UPDATE May 16, 2017: Deportation delayed--for now . Many of you may already know the story of Jose Sanchez-Ronquillo.  The CHS Communicator gives some of the background, and a sense of the f...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2017/05/help-sanchez-ronquillo-family-this-week.html

Did you know there was an election coming up this Tuesday, May 2nd? Well, there is. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Both Ann Arbor schools and Ypsilanti schools have proposals on the ba...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2017/05/ann-arbor-voters-vote-yes-tuesday-may-2.html

Did you know there was an election coming up this Tuesday, May 2nd? Well, there is. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Both Ann Arbor schools and Ypsilanti schools have proposals on the b...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2017/04/ypsilanti-voters-vote-yes-tuesday-may.html

You may already know that Betsy DeVos has been nominated to be the U.S. Secretary of Education. The confirmation hearing is scheduled for next week, currently scheduled for January 17th, 2017. ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2017/01/work-to-stop-devos-nomination-to.html

What Are The Odds?  Given that the Chicago Cubs came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, and Iowa just defeated UM in football, I shouldn't have been as ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-work-goes-on-dream-shall-never-die.html

I WAS ASKED BY WEROC TO POST THE AAPS SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES' ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS. AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, I'VE DECIDED TO SHARE THEM BECAUSE I LIKE WHAT WEROC TRIES TO DO. A...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/10/weroc-questionnaires-for-aaps-school.html

IT'S TIME FOR ANN ARBOR SCHOOL BOARD ENDORSEMENTS.  There are eight candidates for three spots, and my friends who have gotten their absentee ballots are asking me what I think. I know, you'...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/10/ann-arbor-school-board-endorsements.html

NEXT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, IN THE MORNING, you will find me at RICK'S RUN FOR KIDS , doing a mixture of running and walking around beautiful Gallup Park to raise scholarship money for Ann Arbo...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/10/whos-in-for-scholarships-join-me-at.html

Those of you who have been reading this blog for years know that this year, my youngest child is entering his senior year of high school! Where did the time go? , people--it's got good stuff!] ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/09/introducingeducate-ann-arbor_11.html

Exactly three years ago I wrote a post about how I hate the "Exceptional" tag that the Ann Arbor Public Schools uses to promote their schools. You can read that post here . I've thought some mo...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/09/good-and-plenty.html

Maybe you have already bought back to school supplies. Maybe you are not a procrastinator. Maybe you are not squeezing the last few days of vacation out of the summer. But my advice this week, ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/08/before-school-year-starts.html

Last week, the day after the election, I was helping a woman from Whitmore Lake complete a Medicaid application. AT THE END OF THE APPLICATION, THERE IS A CHANCE TO REGISTER PEOPLE TO VOTE.�...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/08/voter-registration-with-schools-every.html

NOTE TO READERS: BEFORE I SHARE ANY NATIONAL OR LOCAL NEWS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THIS (NOVEMBER) ELECTION IS SUPER IMPORTANT. !] I'LL BE WORKING ON BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL CAMPAI...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/07/election-news-national-and-local.html

My heart aches tonight for a child I didn't know.  Billy Dunn was about to turn 19, and he loved fishing and swimming, and he drowned in Ford Lake . Billy knew how to swim, but I have had fr...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/05/swimming-lessons.html

Generally speaking, I am not a movie person. It's rather ironic, then, that I am talking about movies twice in one week! .] Probably my favorite movie of last year was the movie Spotlight ....

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/05/spotlight-pr-state-of-schools.html

While we were sleeping, the State House Republicans pushed through some awful legislation THAT BURNS THE DETROIT SCHOOLS. (In case you are wondering, the State Senate legislation is better, alth...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/05/state-house-burns-detroit-schools-in.html

TUESDAY MAY 3D THE COUNTY HAS A SPECIAL EDUCATION MILLAGE ON THE BALLOT.  IT'S THE ONLY THING ON THE BALLOT, AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT IT PASSES.  It will support special education services...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/05/please-vote-yes-washtenaw-county.html

HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I LOVE GUEST POSTS?  PRITI SHAH, AN AAPS PARENT AND A UM PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR READ A VERSION OF THIS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTARY AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AND SHE FOLLOWED ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/03/guest-post-teachers-statistics-and.html

Here in Ann Arbor, we have the relatively simple and yet apparently not too likely to be tampered with paper ballots. They are easy to fill out, keep the lines moving, and there is a paper record...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/03/election-day-my-high-schools-polling.html

I was surprised--and not happily--to see this headline from the Ann Arbor News: Tuition-based Program Would Bring Chinese Students to Ann Arbor High Schools . The key things to know, from the...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/03/ask-school-board-to-vote-no-on-tuition.html

While it's still Black History Month I thought I would feature this interesting blog (and history of Ypsilanti schools) that I recently stumbled upon. The information here comes from a blog abo...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/02/ypsilanti-history-desegregation-of.html

Michigan Parents for Schools has a detailed summary of the Governor's budget proposal and its impact on Michigan schools. I'm including a few excerpts here, and then you should really read the ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/02/understanding-impact-of-governors.html

NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENT INVOLVEMENT DAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH.  Most local schools are doing something.  Joe Dulin The email I got from Community High has coffee and bagels...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-inspirer-speaks-washtenaws-national.html

A guest post by Naomi Zikmund-Fisher about the M-STEP results, and what they mean. Last week, we finally received my children’s scores from the M-STEP test they took last spring. My son, a ...

http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com/2016/02/guest-post-parent-reviews-her-childs-m.html