Click above for the Detroit Public Schools 2012-13 Academic Calendar.

Members of the East Baton Rouge Federation of Teachers and School Employees attended the 2011 Louisiana Federation of Teachers Union Leadership Institute on June 29 at the Plumbers Union Hall in Baton Rouge.

Link to important information at the Department of Education

This recent week in review provides a summary of numerous current issues.

Tired of business people who never spent a day in a classroom, yet think they know how to reform education? Here's a famous story about an "eye-opening" experience one of them had, told by Jamie Vollmer, maker of the "best ice cream in America" and the man who had his mind changed.

www.youtube.com/watch

Text at www.jamievollmer.com/blueberries.html

The recipients for the 2011-2012 Cheryl Anderson Awards were recently named. (click for more)

We have just learned that the proponents of SB 5, those advocating for a yes vote on Issue 2, have bought TV air time in the following media markets in Ohio:  Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo and southern Ohio and their ads will begin tomorrow.