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Van Beek, Michael – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2013
In this latest installment of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy's new "Schools of Innovation" series, we discuss how Berrien Springs school district is reinventing public school. This study examines how the district has become more racially diverse, enrollment is growing rapidly, and they are using that growth to inject some much…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Public Schools, School Districts, Student Diversity
Bliss, Barbara A. – 1989
Described are practices of 70 home-schooling families who resided in southwestern lower Michigan in Fall, 1987. A literature review discusses: (1) philosophical roots of the home education movement; (2) concern for the socialization of home-educated children; (3) reasons why home-schooling is considered a good educational alternative; (4) state…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Family Characteristics, Home Schooling
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Matsumura, Molleen – Reports - National Center for Science Education, 1994
Reports on the establishment of a charter school in Michigan that serves home-schooling families and stresses a creationist curriculum. Describes the legal action taken against public funding of the charter school. (DDR)
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Court Litigation, Creationism