The Education Trust-Midwest report calls for a weighted funding system for schools that provides far more money to educate low-income and other vulnerable students.
Lori Higgins, Chalkbeat Detroit
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Black, poor students held back at higher rates under Michigan reading law
Michigan’s Read by Grade 3 law requires struggling third-grade readers be held back, but exemptions meant only 545 students were held back this year. Struggling readers who were Black or low-income were far more likely to repeat third grade white, more affluent readers who struggled.
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Detroit renames school honoring Ben Carson, removing honor for Trump appointee
The discussion was part of an effort to revisit naming decisions made when the district was overseen by state-appointed emergency managers
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Michigan’s teacher shortage: What’s causing it, how serious is it, and what can be done?
Administrators say it will take a strong workforce to address academic challenges that worsened during the pandemic.
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Too few metro Detroiters are earning post high school degrees, report says
A new report issues dire warnings for employers, saying COVID made a ‘bad situation worse.’
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School COVID policies remain dominant Michigan education issue in 2022
Keeping students in classrooms amid a volatile pandemic remains an all-consuming topic for school leaders. Children are suffering from years of disruption as districts weigh how to spend billions in additional federal dollars.
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COVID student testing rates fall far short of goals in Detroit
Parents in the Detroit Public Schools Community District have until Jan. 31 to turn in COVID testing consent forms if they want their children to learn in person.
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Detroit schools are spending $70M for COVID testing. Could a vaccine mandate be next?
The Detroit Public Schools Community District is spending $70 million for COVID testing for students and staff.
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Detroit students hustle into class, masked up and temperature checked
The Detroit Public Schools Community District had 50,000 students enrolled on the first day of school, but it may take home visits to get all of them in the classroom.
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Michigan will release M-STEP results soon. Here’s what to expect
If Michigan’s experience is similar to other states, brace yourself for lower standardized test scores and bigger gaps between racial and income groups, caused by the pandemic.