This past summer fifteen teachers from the Detroit public schools and the metro Detroit area participated in Wayne State University's first Invitational Summer Institute as part of the Wayne State Writing Project. As the director of a brand new National Writing Project site, the author was apprehensive about what she could expect from herself, the…

This document, a report to the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM), contains the viewpoints and recommendations of a study group set up to determine the reactions to and implications of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences National Advisory Committee of Mathematical Education (NACOME) publication, "Overview and…

This paper presents a policy framework for the implementation of goals for special education in Michigan. The first part of the paper is a memorandum that recommends the policy framework. Attachment A presents goals for providing a support system to students with disabilities to foster their progress in the general curriculum. Goals include: (1)…