With billions at stake, Michigan school groups are pushing to have the COVID relief formula changed to shrink the funding advantage being given to poor districts under federal relief bills. Some impoverished districts would get 100 times more funds under the U.S. formula.
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Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Editor's note: A flawed report on COVID safety in Michigan schools
Bridge Michigan misapplied Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on school safety. As a result, an article published Tuesday vastly overstated the number of Michigan counties the CDC considered safe for in-person classroom learning.
Posted inTalent & Education
Tensions mount as 3 Michigan school districts hesitate to open classrooms
Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo and Lansing have yet to decide whether to reopen to in-person classes, despite declining COVID-19 cases and the urging of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that schools find ways to safely reopen.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan must boost funding for students with special learning needs
There is no priority as significant as meeting the educational needs of every student, regardless of disability.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | School leaders to Whitmer: invest in early childhood education now
School leaders from across the state are sending a message to the governor and the Legislature: to improve education, increase funding for the Great Start Readiness Program.
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan teachers got COVID vaccines early, students now stand to benefit
Nearly two-thirds of Michigan teachers have received at least the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine or are set to get it, according to a survey by the state’s largest teachers union, spurring more districts to make plans to reopen.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | School board members caught in middle of return-to-school debate
Put yourself in the shoes of volunteer school board members, who are trying to figure out when to bring students back to classrooms while getting criticized from all sides.
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan schools want to skip standardized tests, blaming COVID
State Superintendent Michael Rice seeks federal permission to drop the M-STEP this year because of the pandemic, but some educators say doing so is irresponsible.
Posted inTalent & Education
Schools outraged that bars can open in Michigan, but not winter sports
From threats of lawsuits to heading across state lines to compete, high school athletes, their parents and coaches are frustrated by not being able to play while bars and restaurants can reopen.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | We won a right to literacy in Detroit. Much work remains for equity.
The Michigan literacy settlement didn’t spell out any resolution for Detroit public schools. As a mother of a student plaintiff, I have some ideas.