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Betsy DeVos and Denying Flint’s Children Special Education

August 28, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

How can a state that poisoned its children with leaded water, now put roadblocks in their way to get the special education services they need to improve their lives? Where’s Betsy? There can be no denying that what happened in Flint impacts education and public schools there. Families need support. We should be getting ongoing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Flint, Flint Lawsuit, Flint Water Crisis, Governor Snyder, Michigan ACLU, special education

Michigan to Retain Children with Lead Poisoning

October 7, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

Michigan has a lead problem with its children in Flint, and a governor who failed badly his own accountability test. Many wonder why he is still governor. Some wonder why he isn’t in jail. But yesterday he signed off on a bill to fail third graders. How many children in Flint will wind up failing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Failure, Governor Snyder, Michigan, Michigan Legislators, retention, third grade

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