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Recent News

Last Chance to Show Your Secretary How Much She's Appreciated

Stimulus Package Overview

Social Studies Associations React to Massp Effort... EXPLORE FOR ALL!

Parental Rights Enters Dropout Debate

Odysseyware Provides Support to MASSP Members

Meet the Administrative Team of Lapeer East High School (Podcast on Advanced Placement)

MASSP comments on MDE new accreditation system

Office of the State Budget - School Aid Highlights and Balance Sheet

Editorial: Incentive for Teachers to Retire Doesn't Add Up

Waivers for the Supplemental Pupil Membership Counts

Executive Summary of the Governor’s State Budget proposal for FY 2010

2009 Governor's Education Summit

EXPLORE for All

FAQs for the School Employee Retirement Stimulus


Featured Story

I Don’t Do Fear
By Dave Barry, MASSP President

I don’t do fear. Let me explain. Does anybody but me notice that the newspapers and evening news that dominate the current events of our time portray a doomsday outlook on our economy and our country? The common theme in the message is one of fear about the future of our country, our manufacturing base, our auto companies, and our social systems. If you would believe the stories, our systems are in complete turmoil. -Click Here to Read More-


Principals Questions of the Week

Looking for the Powerpoint from the 2-12-09 Center 2 Meeting?

If you are using weekly embedded collaborative time, how do you structure it?

When weighting grades for advanced placement in SchoolsOpen, Is there a way to do it automatically?

Looking for job descriptions for Drama and Musicals

What are schools doing with students who are habitually tardy?


Upcoming Events

February 17-March 3, 2009, "Middle Level and the Michigan Merit Curriculum" Webinar Series!

February 25, 2009, Classroom Discipline: Establishing Respect and Responsibility, MELG Building, Lansing

February 27th - March 1st, 2009, NASSP Convention, San Diego

March 7, 2009, Your Administrator Contract: What You Should Know, MELG Building, Lansing

March 24, 25 & 26, 2009, Are You Sure They're Telling the Truth, Escanaba, Lansing & Auburn Hills

March 30, 2009, Math Summit: Making Math Success a Reality in Michigan, MSU Kellogg Center, East Lansing

April 4-6, 2009, Annual Student State Leadership Conference, Grand Traverse Resort, Acme

April 21, 2009, Middle Level Student Leadership Convention, Bavarian Inn Lodge Conference Center, Frankenmuth

April 29, 2009, MASSP Spring Law Update with Lisa Swem, MELG Building, Lansing


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