Eastern Michigan University significant in Gov Snyder's turnaround program

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Eastern Michigan University to play major role in Snyder's new statewide system to run failing schools
Kyle Feldscher, Ann Arbor News

Eastern Michigan University will play a significant role in a new authority established by Gov. Rick Snyder to turn around 200 failing Michigan public schools.

Snyder, speaking at a press conference in Detroit, revealed plans to establish the Education Achievement System, a new, statewide school system that will take over the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools not achieving satisfactory results on a redesign plan or under the control of an emergency manager.

Roy Wilbanks, chairman of the EMU Board of Regents, said regents would approve the partnership at their regular meeting Tuesday.

“We’re eager to play this leadership role and we’re well-positioned to do so,” Wilbanks said. “Our strength as an institution of higher education … gives us a very strong opportunity to serve the state in this new partnership.”

The announcement positions EMU — which Snyder described as an "outstanding leader in teaching" — as an influential player in statewide education reform.

As a part of the new authority, Eastern's responsibilities could include creating a "laboratory or university school" at the site of any public school that has been taken over by the EAS; providing faculty and staff members to assist the new system and failing schools; and conduct employee retraining.

Full: http://www.annarbor.com/news/eastern-michigan-university-to-play-major-role-in-new-statewide-school-system-to-run-failing-schools/

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1. When I lived in Michigan, EMU

was very definitely a second or third rate school. I don't know if that has changed, but I doubt it still doesn't come close to U of M or MSU.

maybe Snyder couldn't get into the better schools and this is payback.

I think Oakland wold even be better than EMU.

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2. Snyder got his bachelor's/MBA/JD from UMich n/t

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3. at least in chicago

a lot of the turnarounds and the charters are run by the university of chicago. it has a top notch education theory department and has run THE best private school in illinois, founded by john dewey, for over a century.
some of the lab school's graduates and teachers