Ron Koehler

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Ron Koehler is the Kent ISD Superintendent and offers his commentary on issues in education.

ACA Repeal Threatens Student Academic Achievement

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Lost in the debate surrounding the repeal of the Affordable Care Act is the potentially disastrous effect dramatic reductions in Medicaid funding will have...

Thank You!

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Kent County voters on May 2 turned out to the polls and expressed confidence in their schools by approving a ballot proposal that will...

Representative Democracy?

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In the shadow of the state House of Representatives failed vote earlier this year to roll back income taxes came three items of interest...

Couldn’t Be More Wrong

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You've gotta hand it to President Trump. He just keeps smashing conventional belief. And, in some instances, universally accepted research. The president's budget blueprint vaporized...

Change, for Change’s Sake

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The new session of the Michigan Legislature started recently and it didn't take long for populist priorities to start flowing. Eliminate the income tax....

No Time for a Victory Lap

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Michigan residents hoping to learn more about Gov. Snyder's education agenda didn't get much to chew on in his seventh, and penultimate, State of...

School Funding: What Does The Future Hold?

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While the Michigan economy has, officially at least, been in recovery for more than six years, school districts are still struggling to make ends...

Reading Now Network Reaps Results

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Lost amid the debate over early literacy and the celebration -- by some -- of the governor's signature on legislation placing greater emphasis on...

Why not ask the customer?

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Let's open with a quick quiz. Can you name a $13 billion enterprise that operates almost totally without regular, ongoing and actionable customer research? If...

Why Not Local Control?

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Campaigning for governor in 2010 as Michigan was clawing its way back from the abyss of the Great Recession, Rick Snyder created a huge...

Adequacy Study Inadequate, But So Is Funding

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Late in the Lame Duck legislative session of 2014, Democrats won what they thought was a major victory in getting the Republican-led legislature and...

Killing Creativity, Restoring Trust

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"Creativity cannot be taught, but it can be killed ... Asian education systems kill creativity more effectively than the American system. The creativity gap...

Thank You for Reading

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Politics. Policy. Finance. Standards-based accountability. NCLB. ESSA. Too often, this blog is about stuff -- the external influences on schools, teachers and ultimately, students --...

Take the Quiz – How Would They Vote?

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Here's a quiz: Given their track record, how do you think Michigan legislators would vote on a bill to lower school property taxes on...

Is Ranking 39th Acceptable? Effects from Snyder Tax Cuts

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One tough nerd rolled to the governor’s office in January 2011 and later that year the Legislature handed him a huge victory at the...

Back to the Future — National Career Readiness Certificate Gears Grads for Jobs

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Hot off the presses is a new book titled "Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the 21st Century," which encourages educators and policymakers to...

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