Author Archive for Annie Hauser
Old Values in New Kind of Education
Star International’s mission is to maintain students’ Arab and American identities.
The Ones That Left
Mosaica is one of the nation’s bigest for-profit charter school management companies.
Ten Largest E.M.O.s
By Michele Hoos and Annie Hauser
For-profit educational management organizations, or EMOs, foster competition between schools with the goal of turning a profit. Though most charters remain managed by smaller organizations, the 10 companies below control over half of the for-profit charter school sector, and represent an important trend in the charter explosion. As companies vie [...]
The Mosaica Way
By Annie Hauser
Click through the photos to look inside two Mosaica schools — Richfield Academy in Flint, and the Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac — and see Mosaica’s signature Paragon curriculum in action.
The Next Casinos for Michigan’s Tribal Communities?
Bay Mills Tribal Community College in Brimley so far has collected $3.2 million in administrative and assessment fees from the 41 charter schools it has authorized. Since it’s the only authorizer in Michigan that has no restriction on how many charters it can launch, or where they can be located, the potential for more revenue is unlimited.
The Middle East Meets the Midwest
A charter school in Michigan serves the Arab-language community.
From Automobiles to Education
School kids in Michigan find refuge from economic hard times.
