Please see the forwarded press release from the Michigan Department of Education. The Michigan Department of Education can now move forward on implementing the Common Core and Online Assessments. Thus, if you haven't already, you may want to sign up for the* free* panel session: *Public and School Library Collaboration: Common Core & More! * When: November 20, 8:45am - 12:00pm Where: Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 S. Rose St. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 The session will feature a panel of public librarians, school librarians, and the Michigan Department of Education's Content Literacy Consultant, Brandy Archer. The panel will discuss ways in which public and school librarians can collaborate to increase services to elementary and secondary students including focus on the Common Core & College and Career Readiness. Come to this session to get information on resources and ways to collaborate to support students. *Even though this session is free, you need to pre-register *-- so we can have enough food and materials. Please register at: http://www.mimame.org/our-annual-conference.html If you have questions about registering, let me know. Also, while at the Annual Conference Page, check out the other sessions and highlights of the conference -- you may want to attend more than just the free session. Everyone is invited to attend! Looking forward to seeing you there! -Kathy Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA MAME President-Elect, Conference Chair, 2013 School Librarian *2012 * <http://www.libraryofmichiganfoundation.org/pages/slea.html>*State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner*<http://www.libraryofmichiganfoundation.org/pages/slea.html> kathyL@mimame.org *Don't miss MAME's Annual Conference<http://www.mimame.org/our-annual-conference.html>, Nov 20-22 in Kalamazoo, MI* [image: Picture] From: Ackley, Martin (MDE) Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 3:56 PM To: MDE-Communications Subject: Michigan Department of Education Press Release [http://www.michigan.gov/images/global/MDEgovDeliverybanner_371806_7.jpg] News Release Contact: Martin Ackley, Director of Public and Governmental Affairs (517) 241-4395 * Michigan Department of Education Resumes Work on Implementing State Standards and Assessments* October 24, 2013 LANSING – State Superintendent Mike Flanagan has directed staff at the Michigan Department of Education to resume all activities helping local school districts implement the Common Core State Standards and statewide assessments, following an “affirmative action” today by the Michigan Senate. The Senate adopted its substitute version of House Concurrent Resolution 11, which was adopted by the House in September. The state legislature had inserted language in the Michigan Department of Education’s Fiscal Year 2013-14 budget prohibiting the department from using any funds on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and Smarter Balanced Assessments “unless an affirmative action of the legislature authorizing implementation of said standards or assessments is provided.” “I’d like to thank House Speaker Jase Bolger and Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville for getting us to the point where we can continue to move forward,” Flanagan said. “To help all our students succeed, our collective work needs to be focused on having rigorous standards; effective and valuable assessments aligned to those standards; and high quality and effective educators.” The State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards as Michigan’s state standards in 2010 and local school districts have been in the process of developing their own curricula to align with those state standards since then. # # # * Moving forward with Common Core.pdf< http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI0LjI0NDg0MjExJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyNC4yNDQ4NDIxMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MzIxNDQ4JmVtYWlsaWQ9c2NoYWZlcm1AbWljaGlnYW4uZ292JnVzZXJpZD1zY2hhZmVybUBtaWNoaWdhbi5nb3YmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MIMDE/2013/10/24/file_attachments/246765/Moving%2Bforward%2Bwith%2BCommon%2BCore.pdf

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