One area where school budgets have felt growing pressure over the last decade, during years of constrained revenue growth, is spending on special education. CRC recently examined special education finances to provide policymakers with a comprehensive re...
Continue ReadingSome people believe, mistakenly, that charter schools can be selective with regards to the students they enroll and that this selectivity accounts for the difference in student composition when compared to traditional public schools in Michigan. One exa...
Continue ReadingA recent report by CRC analyzing special education finances is the subject of a Detroit News editorial.
Continue ReadingOn May 10, both Detroitnewspapers reported that members of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners announced support for a proposed special millage that would be used to retain police and fire personnel threatened with layoff due to budget cuts. The p...
Continue ReadingIn 1916, the appearance of Detroit’s streets, alleys, and public places was “disgraceful”. People regularly dropped paper and other waste wherever they were, rubbish was thrown into alleys with merely the hope of hitting the receptacle...
Continue ReadingA recent study from The Pew Center on the States confirms the findings contained in a 2008 CRC report on Michigan’s corrections system. Pew’s recent findings also align with what other organizations, both national and Michigan-based, have found to b...
Continue ReadingA recent CRC report (State Bailouts to Erase School District Accumulated Deficits) exploring the plan by the state-appointed emergency manager for the Muskegon Heights School District to convert the entire district to a charter school gained considerable ...
Continue ReadingA July 12 Detroit News editorial cites CRC’s recent revenue sharing report and highlights the finding that the policy shift from unrestricted revenue sharing to incentive-based state funding to encourage changes in local government behavior will ...
Continue ReadingQuestion: Explain to me how opponents of Proposal 2 determine that the proposal will make buses unsafe and schools unable to fire felons as claimed in recent ads. Answer: Proposal 2 says that “No existing or future law of the State or its political ...
Continue ReadingThe Michigan legislature is currently considering a number of election reform bills (House Bills 6058 to 6053). Among other changes, these bills would alter Michigan’s current process for recalling elected officials. Among the changes contemplated a...
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