Jackie Smith
Reporter at MLive
Reporter at Ann Arbor News
'unverified' reporter @MLive @annarbornews | Michigander | @CMUniversity alumna | introvert | dog person | sometimes traveler #supportlocaljournalism
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Jackie Smith
MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – Michigan leaders philosophizing how to boost the state’s low-ranking student performance in K-12 schools didn’t deviate too far from a few talking points during a Mackinac Policy Conference panel on Wednesday. Better pay and incentivize teachers, they said, equalize per-student funding to the state’s school districts, and utilize business and philanthropic partnerships to fill the gaps. One point, however, seemed to permeate them all.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Jackie Smith
ANN ARBOR, MI — When some graduating Ann Arbor seniors are getting a financial boost as they head off to college next fall. Ann Arbor Public School officials announced scholarship honorees for 2025 during the Ann Arbor School Board meeting Wednesday, May 21, and multiple recipients appeared before board members. The awards are as high as $5,000 in nine programs with $76,300 in total scholarships to AAPS soon-to-be graduates.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Jackie Smith
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – Be it for brisket, ribs or pulled pork, Ann Arbor and nearby communities have plentiful recommendations for barbeque and comfort food. Spring may be a good time to try something new or different both in and outside of Tree Town — or at least, establishments that don’t always get to share the spotlight. Here are five places to start your tour of comforting foods around Washtenaw County.
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1 week ago |
mlive.com | Jackie Smith
Michigan public education advocates are in the final stages of exploring a statewide ballot initiative that would tax the incomes of the state’s wealthiest earners in a push to drum up more funding for local K-12 schools. But while nothing has been officially launched, organizers say they’re weighing language to submit to the state’s board of canvassers as soon as next month.
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2 weeks ago |
mlive.com | Jackie Smith
ANN ARBOR, MI – Many Ann Arbor schools come equipped with permanent performance spaces or stages, helping students with their drama or music education. Plans for new schools being built don’t accommodate those spaces, some local teachers and parents say, and there is a new push to include them.
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*tap, tap, tap* Five years ago today, @GovWhitmer signed an EO that kept K-12 students home from in-person learning for the rest of the 2019-20 as #COVID19 began to rage. Busy Michigan parents reflected on how the pandemic changed school cultures. https://t.co/HDWLu4k9Qq
Haven't been a fan in a long time. And some of these metaphors are a bit corny. But RAW's going to Netflix, Mr. McMahon is out and all these very true points of contention make the soap opera real. Wrestling is cooler than the things you watch. Maybe we're coming back.
FULL SEGMENT of One of the greatest promo battles of all time. Mentions of Seth’s wife, Punk not having kids, AEW Reference, Roman Reigns reference, Vince McMahon reference. This had it all. ENJOYYYYY!!! #WWERaw https://t.co/pfakaug2oh
Yes, hi, hello. This is a photo of a friendly Jack Russell dog puppet named Bingo with his human, 83-year-old Dick Lundy, who's an outgoing Dexter school board member after 45 years. https://t.co/BxQZdxBkNK
