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U-M student leader seeks assistant AG's disbarment | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

U-M student leader seeks assistant AG's disbarment | freep.com | Detroit Free Press

U-M student leader seeks assistant AG's disbarment

By Lori Higgins
Free Press Education Writer

Chris Armstrong is going after Andrew Shirvell’s law license.

Armstrong, the president of the Michigan Student Assembly at the University of Michigan, today filed a misconduct complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission.

Shirvell is the Michigan assistant attorney general who has been under fire for a blog in which he attacks Armstrong, the first openly gay president of the MSA.

Armstrong is seeking an investigation, discipline and possible disbarment of Shirvell, according to a press release sent by his attorney, Deborah Gordon of Bloomfield Hills. The complaint is on the grounds that Shirvell “repeatedly harassed and defamed Armstrong in a relentless, six-month campaign of lies, dishonesty, heckling, hate speech, and even job interference."

The misconduct rule Shirvell is accused of violating says it’s professional misconduct for an lawyer to “engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or violation of the criminal law.”

Armstrong said in his filing that Shirvell made “obviously false, disgusting, and utterly



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Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities In Danger? | Education | Change.org

Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities In Danger? | Education | Change.org

Are Historically Black Colleges and Universities In Danger?

Founded on the idea that all Americans deserve an education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have an important legacy in this country. These schools focused their academic attention on those for whom that idea didn't ring true. Essentially, these institutions created a welcome mat at the door of higher education for African Americans. Since their establishment around the end of the Civil War, these schools have been an avenue of success for so many.

Of the 105 HBCUs in this country, Howard University in Washington D.C. has been celebrated as one of the most prominent. Among Howard's alumni are the first black Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, and this


Schools Matter: Lancet Critiques Gates Foundation Again

Schools Matter: Lancet Critiques Gates Foundation Again

Lancet Critiques Gates Foundation Again

The Lancet, a UK medical journal, recently released a series of papers on malaria elimination. The Gates Foundation has been very active in the field, and The Lancet has questioned and criticized the foundation in the past. Here's their most recent dig at the foundation:
The danger of the Gates call for a new era of elimination is that their immense funding power and influence (witness WHO's instant support) could cause damaging swings in funding and political

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Michelle Rhee: Merit Pay Key To Attracting Better Teachers

Michelle Rhee: Merit Pay Key To Attracting Better Teachers


Michelle Rhee: Merit Pay Key To Attracting Better Teachers


Posted: 10-28-10 08:29 PM
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According to Michelle Rhee, the polarizing Washington DC Schools Chancellor who resignedearlier in the month, merit pay is the key to attracting higher-achieving applicants to the teaching profession.
Rhee shared her views on CNN.
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