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opinion The Detroit News Published 2:35 p.m. UTC Jun 24, 2018 Charter schools have offered hope to families in school districts with chronically failing public schools. But they may be in danger of extinction in Michigan. Both leading Democratic candidates for governor have revealed their plans for fixing education, and neither Gretchen Whitmer nor Shri Thanedar has expressed much use for charter schools as part of the solution. Pro-choice does not extend to education for the Democratic candidates, who are making charters the whipping boy for the state’s education failure. Thanedar is sticking to his hard-line position that all for-profit charter schools should be banned in Michigan, despite recent reports that they are among the state’s top-performing schools. That shouldn’t surprise. Profit is a powerful motivator when an enterprise’s survival depends on delivering results. But most of the for-profit charter operators aren’t skimming huge … [Read more...] about Editorial: Don’t dis charters for political gain

opinion The Detroit News Published 2:31 p.m. UTC Jun 24, 2018 The nation is embroiled in a great debate — a moral debate — a debate that goes to heart of who we are as a people. That debate is centered on the removal of children from parents who have attempted to enter the U.S., at least under current law, illegally or as asylum seekers. This is a debate worth having on every level — as we search for the right balance of sovereignty as a nation and individual worth and dignity.  This letter is not to intended to enter that debate. While the debate rages, it seems like an appropriate time to “widen the lens” on the issue of children being removed from parents in the name of government intervention and the presumption of what’s best for children. While we debate the great moral issues of our day on our southern border, let us not fail to recognize that each day, each week, and every year in this nation we do indeed … [Read more...] about Letter: Separating kids from families is nothing new

Associated Press Published 11:47 p.m. UTC Jun 23, 2018 Cromwell, Conn. — Paul Casey has come close each of the three previous times he has played in Connecticut. He has a great chance to break through Sunday in the Travelers Championship. Casey shot an 8-under 62 on Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round. Casey, whose win at Valspar in Florida in March was his first PGA Tour title in nine years, called the bogey-free round at TPC River Highlands his best of the year. The Englishman had six birdies and an eagle — at the signature par-4 15th hole — where he hit his tee shot onto the green and then sank a 23-foot putt. He broke out of the pack hitting all 18 greens and has a streak of 23 straight heading into Sunday. He was at 16-under 194. “It was clinical,” he said. “I did everything I wanted to do. I can’t do any more than that.” Casey was second here during his first visit in 2015, came in 17th a … [Read more...] about Saturday’s golf: Casey puts on a clinic at Travelers

Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 11:31 p.m. UTC Jun 23, 2018 Cleveland — The preliminary report on Tigers reliever Johnny Barbato is, as manager Ron Gardenhire put it Saturday, “nothing severely torn up.” The Tigers were still waiting for their doctors’ official reading of the MRI, but Barbato has been battling shoulder tendinitis in the rotator cuff area of his right shoulder. “We just want to get him well now,” Gardenhire said. “That’s what we’re going to try to do.” Barbato gave up five runs in the seventh inning of Friday's 10-0 loss to the Indians, including a grand slam home run to Yonder Alonso. Afterward, he told Gardenhire that his shoulder has been bothering him on and off for three months and he couldn’t pitch through it any longer. Gardenhire was befuddled by that. “I wish he could’ve said that somewhere else,” he said. “I wish he would’ve said it when he was down … [Read more...] about Gardenhire baffled by Barbato’s injury admission