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Whether or not Michigan receives a waiver on some of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) regulations could come down to whether or not the state has an effective teacher evaluation process in place.

President Obama will deliver his third annual back-to-school speech at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, to students at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C.

In a new report released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI),  ‘Right to work’: The wrong answer for Michigan’s economy, Gordon Lafer, a labor economist with the University of Oregon, says such legislation does nothing to encourage job growth and ends up lowering wages by an average of $1,500 per year. This is the case for union and non-union workers in right-to-work-states.

In addition to Senate Bills 618-624, which would increase the number of charter schools, privatize teachers and allow for back-door school vouchers, both chambers have introduced legislation that would prohibit school districts from automatically deducting union dues from members' paychecks.

The Detroit Labor Day Parade has always been a big event celebrating workers, but this year the parade takes on new importance with the announcement that President Barack Obama will speak to union workers at the end of the parade.