Michigan Races to the Top...

Oh how the mighty have fallen...(just kiddin')

clipped from www.mlive.com Michigan lawmakers agree to more charter schools, allowing 'cyber schools' to qualify for federal Race to the Top funding Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says compromises are leading lawmakers to the goal of more school funding. to qualify for as much as $400 million in federal education aid. The statutory cap on the number of university-authorized charter schools has been set at 150 since the mid-90s. Efforts to lift that cap have been successfully blocked by local districts and the Michigan Education Association. would allow for the conversion of 20 high-performing charter schools into so-called "turnaround" schools. That would free up space for 20 more schools under the existing cap would allow two operators of online "cyber" schools to set up shop in Michigan unclear Friday whether the measures would allow local public school districts to charter schools outside the confines of collective bargaining