Michigan has the highest percentage of charter schools run by for-profit corporations in the nation. Michigan must pass legislation that increases transparency for charter schools says the former president of the State Board of Education.
Casandra Ulbrich
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Opinion | What is Michigan’s Legislature doing to prevent another Oxford?
Schools should be safe places in which children learn, socialize, and grow. It is time for the Michigan legislature to heed the call of Michiganders on the issue of common sense gun reform.
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Opinion: Want to boost 3rd-grade reading? Expand Michigan’s free preschool
We know one sure way to improve learning, and that’s free, high-quality preschool. We need to expand it so every eligible child has access.
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Opinion | We shouldn’t add M-STEP testing to an already brutal school year
Michigan’s state school superintendent and president of the state school board argue that students shouldn’t take the typical standardized test, the M-STEP, and instead use benchmark tests that give teachers faster results.
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Opinion | Bill to grade Michigan schools A-to-F is a horrible idea
The co-president of the State Board of Education takes a meat cleaver to a bill that would grade schools like they were fifth-graders.
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Disinvestment, structural flaws driving school funding crisis
John Austin and Casandra Ulbrich/courtesy photo The State Board of Education is responsible for ensuring that Michigan’s public schools are providing a high-quality education for the state’s youth. Part of that responsibility includes advocating for sufficient and stable funding. A recent analysis conducted by researchers at Michigan State University’s Education Policy Center, on behalf […]