Michigan school superintendents are 95 percent white and less than 4 percent Black. And while teachers are 77 percent female, superintendents are 77 percent male. State leaders say it’s hard to find diverse candidates. Minority leaders see other factors at work.
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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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All schools need in-person classes this fall, U.S. education secretary says
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says there’s a ‘sense of urgency’ to reopen schools following a year of halted learning because of the pandemic.
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Some Michigan schools allow students to say ‘no thanks’ to M-STEP tests
Michigan schools must offer the annual standardized test, but, because of the pandemic, not all students have to take it. That could make the results less useful than normal.
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In Ypsilanti, one bus driver’s COVID case closes school for 2,000 students
A dinner among drivers and pre-K staffers forced quarantines just as students were set to return to school. It’s the latest example of the frustrating, sometimes futile efforts to keep Michigan schools open.
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Survey: More than 8 in 10 Michigan teachers are fully vaccinated for COVID
Even with most teachers vaccinated, many Michigan schools are struggling to stay open because of outbreaks among students and COVID community spread.
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Michigan colleges rush to get COVID vaccine in student arms amid surge
Michigan plans to distribute thousands of doses of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine to public and private colleges in coming days, in hopes of immunizing students before they leave campuses as the school year ends.
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Students in COVID-weary Michigan schools must take M-STEP, feds say
Michigan schools must give the state standardized test, but fewer students might take it this year than normal. State education officials contend pandemic learning was too chaotic this year to yield an accurate portrait of student achievement.
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Amid high teacher turnover in MI, audit finds failings in teacher support systems
Districts spotlighted in the audit couldn’t prove that new teachers had been assigned mentors or that teachers’ annual evaluations were based on a classroom visit — both of which are legal requirements.
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Michigan schools cheered when sports came back. Then came COVID outbreaks.
Coronavirus outbreaks in schools increased after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allowed winter sports like basketball and wrestling to resume. Was it worth it?
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First person: Teaching in COVID classroom ‘miraculous’ but ‘unsustainable’
Despite the superhuman efforts of teachers, many students are falling through the cracks faster than they can be pulled up and out.