"Assigned Reading Raises Questions For Some" (Click On Detroit, 02/02/09)

Some parents in a metro Detroit community have raised concerns over a book they said is too sexually explicit for their students. The book in question is called "The Bookseller of Kabul," a nonfiction account of what life is like inside an Afghan household.

"Waivers free high school students to study online, off-campus" (Detroit Free Press, 01/0

Eleven Michigan school districts and one charter school can now allow students to take more courses -- and in some cases all of their classes -- online and off-campus, moves that could further cement the state's reputation as a leader in online education.