In a multistate multi-district study of district responses to increasing state - mandated reforms, Fuhrman, Clune and Elmore (1988) found that more proactive districts leveraged the new state policies to their advantage as they promoted district - level agendas for change, with a net increase rather than a reduction in district reform policies, often exceeding expectations established by the states (Firestone, 1989; Fuhrman and Elmore, 1990). (wallacefoundation.org)
Because district response to the law was slow, the state legislature, in 2006, enacted its Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR) program, giving it a budget of $ 147.5 million. (educationnext.org)
In other Michigan school districts the response to charter schools has been competitive. (educationnext.org)