Bridge is rating Michigan high schools by how well they prepare students for college or career training after they graduate.
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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Academic State Champs 2017: Find your school
See how your school performed in the 2017 Academic State Champs analysis.
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6 reasons why students at some high schools are better prepared for college or career
The first reason, family income, is something schools can’t control. But other factors, like having counselors to help students navigate the maze of higher education, can produce real dividends.
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Get your FREE Academic State Champs bumper sticker
Get your free Academic State Champs bumper sticker to celebrate your school.
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Betsy DeVos’s Michigan legacy
The nominee for U.S. Education Secretary has used money and muscle to make Michigan a free-market lab for charter and school choice expansion. Can she sell the results?
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In state with low reading scores, a West Michigan effort shows promise
Many of today’s kindergarteners may eventually have to repeat third grade if their reading skills fall short. In West Michigan, 100 school districts have joined forces to boost early reading. The goal: to pass every student to fourth grade.
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Betsy DeVos and the segregation of school choice
Donald Trump’s selection of school-choice advocate Betsy DeVos for U.S. education secretary has focused attention on Michigan’s generous choice policy. In September, Bridge Magazine revealed one troubling side-effect: segregation
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Dual enrollment growing in popularity and frustration
Opportunities to take college courses while in high school vary widely across Michigan, but the credits earned aren’t always what students expect
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Young voters feel they’re ‘screwed either way’
Among Michigan millennials, Clinton may be the favorite, but with heavy sighs over politics as usual.