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.
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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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.
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Michigan spent $80 million to improve early reading. Scores went down.
Under a new law, in two years thousands of Michigan’s third graders will flunk if they are more than a year behind in reading skills if the state can’t turn current trends to the positive. How did this happen?
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See if reading scores are down in your Michigan district
Bridge Magazine’s reading tool will show whether your child’s district is suffering third-grade reading declines, a trend that could leave plenty of future third graders to repeat the grade.
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Scores in one West Michigan school district typify state’s malaise
Allegan Public Schools was among dozens of districts that showed little student growth in a Stanford study. Its story is the story of public education across Michigan.
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Should Michigan ease teaching standards to lure career-tech instructors?
State aims to fill career-tech teaching shortage by recruiting non-teachers with industry experience to the classroom. Can it work?
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Academic State Champs: Poverty doesn’t always predict school success in Michigan
This year, Bridge honors school districts where students grow the most from third to eighth grade. The new measure comes from groundbreaking research that tips conventional wisdom on its head.
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Interactive chart: See how wealth affects achievement in Michigan schools
Check out these cool bubble charts that show the interplay between income and achievement in 500 Michigan school districts.