One was a wedding planner. The other, an assistant basketball coach. Their stories say a lot about how Michigan increasingly is using long-term substitutes, full-time teachers with no training in education to lead classrooms.
Talent & Education
To prosper, Michigan must be a more educated place. Bridge will explore the challenges in education and identify policies and initiatives that address them.
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Michigan leans on long-term substitutes as its schools struggle
In the last five years, the number of long-term substitutes taking over public classrooms has risen tenfold in Michigan. Critics say reliance on subs is an embarrassment for a state with lagging school performance.
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Being poor on rich U-M campus still a struggle as school broadens reach
The University of Michigan is seeing gains since offering free tuition to low-income families. But for many students, the class divide remains daunting once they step foot on one of the nation’s richest campuses.
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As Michigan schools struggle, Democrats and Republicans try…talking
How partisan are Michigan schools? Legislators say the parties don’t even use the same vocabulary on education. But an influx of educators just elected to the House and Senate wants to change that.
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Benton Harbor crisis a tipping point for Gretchen Whitmer, school takeovers
The fate of Benton Harbor schools could foreshadow the fate of other Michigan school districts facing high debt and low student achievement
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Students to University of Michigan: Stop funding Detroit evictions
A group of students petitioned the Board of Regents to cut a $30 million investment from the school’s endowment fund to a firm whose work in Detroit has led to some housing evictions.
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U-M’s Schlissel: ‘Our children will suffer’ because of how we treat higher education today
The University of Michigan president speaks out on topics ranging from financial aid to road funding in an interview with Bridge Magazine.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Benton Harbor reach tentative deal to save high school
The agreement would allow the impoverished community to keep its high school if the school district improves academic performance and pays down debt.
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In Benton Harbor schools, a lesson for – and about – Gretchen Whitmer
Bold or reckless? Confounding or strategic? Whitmer’s surprise recommendation to close Benton Harbor High School offers clues about her governing style.
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Michigan Teacher of the Year: Bring teachers into reform talks
Cara Lougheed, an English and history teacher from Rochester Hills, says she’s skeptical of school rating systems yet understands the desire among parents to evaluate schools in their community.