By Nick Krieger (@nckrieger)

(From the “Fix the Mitten’ blog)

By asking the public to develop a meaningless nickname for a new school district, the emergency manager proves yet again that he is out of touch.

Detroit Schools Emergency Manager Steve Rhodes is asking the public to participate in developing an informal nickname for the new school district.  Give me a break.
State law prescribes the legal name of the new school district.  Pursuant to Section 381(3) of Public Act 192 of 2016, the name of the new district must include the words “Detroit” and “school”; it must also include the word “community,” the word “district,” or both.  This doesn’t leave much room for creative nomenclature.
The new district already has an official name:  “Detroit Public Schools Community District” or “DPSCD.”  So why does it need a nickname?  Your guess is as good as mine.

Read Nick’s full blog post here:
http://www.fixthemitten.com/blog/asking-public-to-name-district-is-pure-gimmick

How placing washers and dryers in schools can increase student attendance rates

The Whirlpool Care Counts program put laundry machines in schools and made a huge difference in attendance.

When you think about kids in middle school who have attendance problems, it can be easy to blame the parents (or the kids themselves), shake your head, and throw up your hands at a problem that is too big to be fixable. But what if all some of these kids need are clean clothes to wear to school? Whirlpool has taken on what could be dismissed as a minor issue and seen tremendous results.

Last year, the good people at Whirlpool created the Whirlpool Care Counts Program and donated 17 pairs of washers and dryers to school districts in St. Louis and in Fairfield, Calif. The schools then invited kids with attendance problems to bring in their laundry to be cleaned while they were in class.

The results were astounding: More than 90% of participating students increased their attendance that year, at-risk students attended almost two more weeks of school, and each student got approximately 50 loads of laundry done at school. This year, Whirlpool will expand the program to twenty more schools in five more districts.

Read more here.. http://www.scarymommy.com/whirlpool-care-counts-improves-attendance-in-schools/?utm_source=FBOnsite

‘Greening Of Detroit’ program sends students to natural resources camp

ROSCOMMON, Mich. ( from an Associated Press report) — More than 120 Detroit high school students visited the northern Lower Peninsula to learn more about sustainable forest management in Michigan.

The students are employed by nonprofit The Greening of Detroit for the summer to clean up parks and water and maintain trees in Detroit.

The three-day trip wrapped up Wednesday, Aug. 10, and included a tour of Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling and a lumber mill. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is partnering with the Michigan Association of Timberman and others to host students.

Students stayed at the Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center in Roscommon, where presentations on natural resources careers were planned.

Online: http://www.greeningofdetroit.com

POTUS Candidates Education Views:

Hillary Clinton on Education

Secretary of State; previously Democratic Senator (NY)

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_Education.htm

Gary Johnson on Education

Libertarian presidential nominee; former Republican NM Governor

http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Gary_Johnson_Education.htm

Bernie Sanders on Education

Socialist Jr Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large)

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Education.htm

Jill Stein on Education

Green Party presidential nominee; Former Challenger for MA Governor

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Jill_Stein_Education.htm

Donald Trump on Education

2000 Reform Primary Challenger for President

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Education.htm

 …until next time, keep reading, sharing, discussing, learning.