Dates  Current Comments
8/21/2008  Michigan Education Digest
DPS scholarships, Brighton budget, teacher quality.
8/20/2008  Prague Prologue
The groundwork for the 'Velvet Revolution' was laid years earlier.
8/19/2008  Intern Outcomes
The Center's past interns have lived up to expectations.
8/18/2008  Contracting Out is In
New school privatization survey shows another increase.
8/18/2008  News Release: Teacher Quality Primer Released
This study assesses the impact of teacher quality on student performance and examines strategies for improvement, including merit pay.
8/15/2008  Flame Out
Michigan's Supreme Court rejects firefighter unions' claims.
8/14/2008  News Release: School Privatization Increases
The Mackinac Center’s sixth school support service privatization survey shows yet another increase in the number of Michigan school districts taking advantage of contracting out.
8/14/2008  Michigan Education Digest
MME scores, benefit reform, special ed rules.
8/13/2008  Explore the Possibilities
Russ Harding discusses Great Lakes drilling.
8/12/2008  Regulating the Regulators
New legislation aims to curb DEQ powers.
8/11/2008  Math Facts
Schools are using more than just math class to meet new standards.
8/8/2008  Eth Addiction
State subsidies for an ethanol plant won't help Michigan's economy.
8/7/2008  Freedom Writer
Solzhenitsyn's death reminds us that liberty cannot be taken lightly.
8/6/2008  Michigan Education Digest
More Detroit charters, Quincy contract, algebra I.
8/5/2008  Great Lakes Sharks?
The new MichiganScience features a "mega" fossil find.
8/4/2008  Powering Down
Proposed legislation would increase cost for electricity customers.
8/1/2008  Adequate Yearly Trying
NCLB growth model gives Michigan schools more chances.
8/1/2008  News Release: Center Asks Oakland Districts to Post Spending
The Center praises two Oakland school districts for posting detailed expenditures online and challenges other Oakland districts to follow suit by the end of the month.
7/31/2008  Music, Markets and Memories
A celebration of Milton Friedman, jazz and blues in Chicago.
7/30/2008  News Release: Governor’s Office Refuses to Post Expenditures
The Office of the Governor declined two requests by the Mackinac Center to adopt a greater level of transparency and accountability in its expenditure reporting.


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