Category Archives: Mackinac Center

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Mackinac Center’s Education Director’s Charter School had One Student Pass the MSTEP

Posted on December 22, 2015 by chadphillips

ShareIf you follow this blog, you know that I’ve been keeping my eye on the charter school known as Taylor Preparatory Academy.  The Treasurer of their Board of Directors was Audrey Spalding, who was also the Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s Education Director. … Continue reading →

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Ask the Dow Foundation to Stop Funding the Mackinac Center’s Education Research

Posted on February 17, 2015 by chadphillips

ShareThe Mackinac Center for Public Policy has released a statement announcing that the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation (Dow Foundation) has given them one million dollars for “supporting research to help public schools become more responsive, measurable and efficient.”  Grace A. Dow, wife … Continue reading →

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Mackinac Center Criticizes MEA Raises After Giving Their President An 18% Raise

Posted on December 9, 2014 by chadphillips

ShareThe conservative “think tank” Mackinac Center For Public Policy just issued a new report called “MEA Executives Take Big Pay Raises While Liabilities Continue to Grow.”  The Detroit Free Press liked it so much they made it into an article of their own and … Continue reading →

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Mackinac Center’s Education Director Audrey Spalding’s Service on Charter School Board Raises Serious Questions

Posted on August 14, 2014 by chadphillips

ShareAudrey Spalding is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s Director of Education Policy.  Like so many of today’s education reformers, Spalding has never been an educator, unless you count five months of teaching English in China.  Spalding majored in Journalism and Economics at … Continue reading →

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August: When Kids Try to Make the Team and Teachers are Encouraged to Quit the Team

Posted on August 1, 2014 by chadphillips

ShareWhile school doesn’t start until after Labor Day, many students return to school in August to try out for a fall sports team.  Teachers also return to school in August to join their teaching team for professional development.  Yes, a teaching staff is also a … Continue reading →

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Michigan Populists’ Top 5 Threats to Democracy in 2013

Posted on January 2, 2013 by chadphillips

Share2013 Ranking (2012 Ranking) 1. (not listed) Governor Richard Snyder- It is one thing to be eccentric (call it a nerd if you want).  It is quite another to completely disregard this crucial fact; government is not a business.  States are democratic institutions.  Businesses … Continue reading →

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Michigan Populist’s Top 5 Threats to Democracy in 2012

Posted on February 26, 2012 by chadphillips

Share1. The Republican Supermajority- Our government was set up to have checks and balances.  When one party, especially if it is lead by an extreme element in that party, takes power of all the branches of Government, there are no checks or … Continue reading →

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Kids are Collateral Damage in Mackinac Center’s War.

Posted on June 17, 2011 by chadphillips

ShareThe Mackinac Center for Public Policy publishes “The Michigan Capitol Confidential” and has the nerve to call it “news.”  A recent edition praises the Snyder tax cut that eliminates the “horrible” Michigan Business Tax.  However, the Mackinac Center is now trying to convince the legislature that they … Continue reading →

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