Across the country, conservative legislatures are trying to exclude transgender athletes from girls sports. A few sentences in a K-12 budget proposal could have a similar impact in Michigan.
Tracie Mauriello
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Michigan bills would pause test scores to grade teachers, hold 3rd graders
The Democratic package would not use standardized test scores this year to evaluate teachers or enforce Michigan’s third-grade reading law in recognition of the disruptions caused by the pandemic. It’s unclear if Republicans will give the bills a hearing.
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Report: Recess needed more than ever, but lacking in too much of Michigan
COVID-19 deprived children of play time, but now that they are back in school, some still less than 20 minutes per day, report finds.
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What Michigan parents must know about upcoming school standardized tests
Testing season begins Monday in the state’s K-12 schools, with changes in store thanks to the impact of the pandemic and evolving views on the role of standardized testing.
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Michigan House nixes SAT essay and removes scores from transcripts
The bills, which passed by votes of 104-1, reflect a national trend away from reliance on standardized testing by U.S. colleges and universities.
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Michigan advances bills to ease return of retired teachers to classrooms
The House and Senate bills differ a bit, but they both reflect broad, bipartisan support for quickly getting more teachers in Michigan classrooms amid a critical teacher shortage.
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Money headed to Michigan schools to help with COVID testing
More than $1 billion in federal COVID relief funds will be used for school COVID test kits and additional state lab capacity, less than a month after schools ran dangerously low on supplies.
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Whitmer: Tap Michigan’s budget surplus to boost K-12, pre-K, mental health
Under the governor’s budget proposal being announced Wednesday, Michigan students would reap huge benefits from billions of dollars in state surplus and federal COVID relief funds.
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Michigan GOP bill: Schools must post curriculum, books, assignments
The proposal is similar to bills introduced in at least a dozen other states, and comes in the wake of concern by some parents and conservative politicians that schools are teaching divisive lessons on race and other issues.
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Amid snowmageddon, Michigan schools are out of snow days: What to know
Some districts used up all their allowed closure days for COVID, staff shortages and school shooting threats. Students will still get snow days, but they may have to attend classes longer in June.