Business leaders, teacher unions, charter schools and philanthropies are now saying the same thing: We have a plan to improve our schools. In Michigan, that’s news.
Michigan K-12 schools
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15,000 Michigan kids take two years of kindergarten. Is Lansing listening?
More families, most of them white and more affluent, are enrolling children in two years of kindergarten, saving child-care costs and giving schools more state money. In effect, parents are stepping in when Lansing won’t.
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After 3 years of substitute teachers, this Michigan girl may flunk 3rd grade
Sabrina, 8, is caught in the crossfire of two state education crises – the state’s new third-grade “read-or-flunk” law and an explosion in the use of uncertified long-term substitute teachers in state classrooms.
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Why do Detroit kids miss so much school? Hint: Don’t just blame the schools
A new Wayne State University study finds that factors outside of school have a huge impact on school attendance, such as asthma, poverty and crime rates.
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In Detroit, going door-to-door to get students back in school
If you miss too many days of school in Detroit, be prepared for a knock on the door.
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Michigan expanded preschool funding. Reading scores show it works.
The good news: Low- and moderate-income 4-year-olds who enroll in the Great Start Readiness Program become better readers than those who don’t. The bad news? One-in-three qualified kids still aren’t enrolled.
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Michigan schools are now average. That’s progress.
The NAEP test, known as “the nation’s report card,” shows that state students are treading water on test results, as other states’ scores are going down. As a result, Michigan has risen to middle-of-the-pack status.
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SLIDESHOW: How Michigan schools boosted national ranking
Michigan’s public school students continued gains on national tests, improving their ranking just a few years after falling to nearly the bottom of the nation.
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Still last among big cities, Detroit gains big in math on national test
“These are the greatest gains that Detroit has seen since it started taking the assessment,” said one education expert.
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If literacy is a right, who pays bill, judge asks in Detroit schools suit
A closely watched Detroit case is heard by a three-judge federal panel in Cincinnati. At stake could be nothing less than a complete overhaul in how Michigan schools are funded.