Michigan schools continue to trail most states in academic achievement, floundering in the bottom third of all states, according to the national NAEP test.
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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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How Michigan schools are suffering, shown in 10 slides
A few steps forward, and several back, as Michigan struggles to revive its schools
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Hundreds of Michigan schools don’t have a gym teacher. Does yours?
Funding cuts have left 500 schools without physical education. Use this database to see if your school has a gym teacher.
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West Michigan leaders join chorus for state education reform
Experts in Grand Rapids offer potential answers for a troubled public school system at the “Michigan Solutions Summit: An Educated Michigan,” put on by The Center For Michigan/Bridge Magazine and the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Getting past politics to give Michigan the schools it deserves
Education experts from Massachusetts, Tennessee and across Michigan gathered Thursday in Detroit to plot solutions to Michigan’s public school malaise.
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We read 12 reports on fixing Michigan schools. Here are 4 things we learned
Michigan leaders love to write about our failing education system. Changes, though, are proving tougher.
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Got 6 minutes? Highlights of a dozen studies on Michigan schools
If you were to lay the pages of these voluminous studies end to end, we’d question your life choices. Bridge offers instead this quickie version of the reports’ findings on how best to reform schools.
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Time to row in same direction for schools, says Michigan business group
Leading states have figured out a way for education, business and political leaders to work together to improve schools. A new report calls for that same cooperation in Michigan
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Which Michigan 3rd-graders will flunk reading? The state has no idea.
A new state law requires third-graders to repeat the grade if they are more than a year behind in reading. But the state test doesn’t yield that information.
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A Betsy DeVos cheat sheet for next ‘60 Minutes’ interview on Michigan schools
The U.S. Education Secretary did not appear to know much about how Michigan schools are performing, despite years fighting for pro-charter and school-of-choice policies. Bridge is here to help.