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In the Spirit of the Season

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Thanks to our legislators who, in the spirit of the season and in a display of statesmanship, came together to pass a proposed constitutional...

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Please, don’t take money from our children to pour concrete. Fixing Michigan’s crumbling transportation infrastructure is one of Michigan’s most vexing problems. Governor Snyder’s legislative...

Not Your Father’s Poverty

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
We were poor but we didn’t know it. How often have you heard that comment from someone who has “made it” to describe their childhood? ...

The Lost Decade

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Now he tells us. In an extraordinarily introspective interview with The Bridge online magazine, state superintendent Mike Flanagan recently acknowledged Michigan was “10 years behind”...

With Everyone Else

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
School News Network Editor and Columnist Ron Koehler today announced he is abandoning his SNN column in favor of a blog post.  Koehler said...

“Please Sir, I Want Some More”

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
From our readers: “(SNN provides) First-hand accounts of how districts & staff are serving students and how student experiences are helping them grow and mature...

Building a Talent Supply Chain

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
West Michigan rebounded from the 2007-09 recession by exceeding job growth in the nation as a whole by 500 percent.  To continue that trend,...

What Do We Want For Our Kids?

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
This is not a column about school funding.  Let's get that out of the way right now. Instead, this is a column about what we...

School Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
There’s an ongoing debate about school funding in our state. The governor and legislators of his party claim they’ve contributed more to education in each...

Third Grade Reading and Reality

How's School Today? Ron Koehler
Just in time for the holidays, there are a new group of action figures fighting for Michigan’s third graders.  We’re not yet sure what...
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