Schools

Schools' EM seeks charter conversion

26 May 2012

MUSKEGON HEIGHTS The emergency manager for Muskegon Heights Public Schools is taking the unprecedented step of recommending converting the troubled district into a charter district.

In lawsuit settlement, Jackson, Miss., schools agree to stop handcuffing students to objects

25 May 2012

Jackson public schools will no longer handcuff students to poles or other objects and will train staff at its alternative school on better methods of discipline.

Cave Creek may create district-run charter schools

25 May 2012

The Cave Creek Unified School District might switch four of its five elementary schools to charter schools to take advantage of a more flexible funding formula.