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October 01, 2012
Joi Mausi, Student Outreach Coordinator for our Detroit-area dropout recovery program FAM Academy of Detroit, talked to Bushman "On Air" on FM 98 WJLB.
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Bushman "On Air"
FM 98 WJLB
News Coverage
FAM Academy of Detroit
Ombudsman Educational Services
dropout recovery
Detroit
Michigan
FAM
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April 27, 2012
As a former Tennessee social worker, Mark Claypool knows a few things about under served markets.
Namely, he realized that the children he saw come in and out of the state system lacked a basic thing: education.
For the past 13 years, Claypool has worked to change that. He launched Educational Services of America from his dining room table in 1999 with no money.
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Annie Johnson
Nashville Business Journal
News Coverage
dropout recovery
special education
dropout prevention
special needs students
Mark Claypool
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February 13, 2012
Darrell Smith used to be a student with failing grades.
Now the senior high school student’s report card is full of A’s and B’s. He believes it’s because of the teaching style at Fusion Academy.
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Tara Edwards
WXYZ-TV Detroit
News Coverage
Ombudsman Educational Services
dropout recovery
Fusion Academy
Detroit
Ferris State University
Michigan
FAM
Fusion Academy of Michigan
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January 12, 2012
Fusion Academy of Michigan is a partnership between virtual school operator Connections Education and alternative education provider Ombudsman Educational Services to help students in the Detroit area who have dropped out of high school earn the credits they need to graduate.
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Matt LaPlante
NoDropouts.org
News Coverage
Ombudsman Educational Services
dropout recovery
Detroit
Michigan Student Data System
Michigan
Fusion Academy of Michigan
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December 07, 2011
Students at Fusion Academy of Michigan are encouraged to pursue their dreams.
"Having something like this is a blessing," said Dazmon, who wants to be a clinical psychologist. "I want to help people who are dealing with mental illnesses, so I can be that vessel they can come talk to instead of running away from their problems like I did."
Center director Erica Freeman-Jones said: "The students are not judged here. We're like family."
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Shawn D. Lewis
The Detroit News
News Coverage
Ombudsman Educational Services
dropout recovery
Fusion Academy
Detroit
Michigan Student Data System
Michigan
FAM
Fusion Academy of Michigan
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June 06, 2011
Virtual school operator Connections Education is partnering with alternative education provider Ombudsman Educational Services to help Detroit students who have dropped out of high school earn the credits they need to graduate. The two organizations will operate Fusion Academy of Michigan, with space for 300 students in grades 9-12 during 2011-2012.
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Connections Education
Connections Education News Release
News Releases
mastery-based learning
Grandmont-Rosedale
Connections Education
Steven Guttentag
Connections Learning
Connections Academy
Online Learning
credit recovery
Conner Creek
Virtual school
dropout recovery
Detroit
Tuition-free
Michigan Student Data System
Fusion Academy of Michigan
Mark Claypool
Blended Learning