Eliminating the partisan State Board of Education would restore trust and ensure that education decisions reflect the priorities of Michigan families, not political interest groups.
Guest Commentary
At Bridge, we believe in listening to voices from all over our state. Got something to say? Contact us and join the conversation (details below)
How to submit a Guest Commentary
What to know:
Bridge welcomes a diversity of voices and perspectives from readers on issues important to Michigan. Guest commentaries reflect the views of the author(s), and are independent of the nonpartisan, fact-driven reporting of Bridge’s newsroom staff.
Commentaries must be the author’s original work and preferably will not have appeared first in other publications. Bridge reserves the right to decline submissions at our discretion.
We reserve the right to edit commentary for grammar, clarity, brevity or to address legal or factual concerns. We may offer editing suggestions, but in the service of making your work more accessible, not to alter your views.
We do not pay for guest commentary.
Here are some guidelines:
- Columns are usually 500-700 words
- They generally focus on a Michigan topic or policy and should avoid ad hominem attacks
- The more direct, distinct and/or intimate your perspective, the more effective your column will be
- The best columns do more than identify problems; they also offer solutions and facts to back them up
- Please include a one- or two-sentence bio, including the writer’s organization or relevant background.
- Authors must show their work, by backing up facts with links to reports or studies
- Bridge does not publish self-promotional columns or candidate endorsements
- Send a good quality, large headshot of the writer(s) as an attachment
- We also ask that, in return for publishing a guest commentary, the author(s) and their organizations generously promote the link to the published column through your Facebook, Twitter and other social or professional networks.
That’s about it. Keep the writing clear, conversational and free of jargon, and sell our smart and receptive readership on the argument you are trying to make.
Who to contact:
Email your submission or idea to guestcommentary@bridgemi.com. Please briefly describe who you are and what you would like to say and put the words “guest commentary” in the email subject line.
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Opinion | Protecting our Great Lakes from microplastic pollution
This is not a problem we can kick down the road. Microplastics are nearly impossible to contain once they enter the environment. We have the opportunity to take a first step forward with a new package of legislation.
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Opinion | Michigan’s literacy reform should include nonpublic school teachers
The exclusion of these nonpublic schoolteachers from state-supported Science of Reading training is shortsighted, and it risks leaving behind thousands of Michigan students who all need effective reading instruction.
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Opinion | What Michigan communities need most from Rural Health Transformation Program
Without resources, rural hospitals will close, and many communities will lose their primary source of care. Without workforce investment, these providers will struggle to meet the needs of their communities.
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Opinion | We are divided but have the tools to become a ‘more perfect union’
Michigan led the way toward national unity before, and it can do so again through civil, respectful debate about our differences.
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Opinion | Why Michigan must finish the job on roadside oral-fluid testing
The Michigan House has taken a crucial step toward preventing drug-involved road fatalities. Now it is the Senate’s turn to finish the job. Don’t let another family live like this.
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Opinion | Michigan special education families need solutions, not spin
Michigan special education complaints are up because parents know the system is failing them.
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Opinion | Protect Michigan families’ health care not tax breaks for the wealthy
Small business owners, self-employed workers and middle-income families across Michigan would face impossible choices. Some would be forced to drop coverage altogether.
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Opinion | Think budget stalemate is scary? Approving a ‘con-con’ in 2026 would be worse
This summer’s budget debacle could be just a warm-up act if Michigan voters were fooled into approving Proposal 1 on the 2026 ballot, which would approve a constitutional convention.
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Opinion | Cannabis consumers shouldn’t bear burden of fixing Michigan’s roads
Cannabis consumers already pay more than their fair share. Any increase would raise costs for consumers, devastate an already strained industry and fail to deliver the budget gains being projected.