Should a U-M professor face professional retribution for lauding pro-Palestinian student activists? No. But with all the words and phrases available to you, why choose ones you knew would be divisive and hurtful to a portion of your own flock?
Michigan school opinions
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Opinion | Michigan must commit to shift from seat time to learning in budget process
Research reinforces that there is no reliable relationship between time spent in a seat and meaningful learning gains. What matters is how time is used, not how precisely it is counted.
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Opinion | As families travel this spring, vaccines help keep kids healthy and in school
Measles cases continue to be reported across the country, and with families traveling over spring break, the risk of exposure increases. What happens elsewhere does not stay elsewhere.
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Opinion | Graduation rates rise while student achievement flatlines
Rising graduation rates coupled with declining achievement should raise the question: Are public schools lowering their standards for measuring student success?
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Opinion | Michigan can protect children, families from immigration enforcement excesses
Michigan needs state laws so that we’re not at the mercy of federal decisions and shifting tides. The time is now.
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Opinion | Michigan school funding needs to be predictable and weighted
Instead of picking winners and losers based on political favors, we should fund students based on their needs
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Opinion | If Michigan wants to lead again, it must reinvest in education’s basics
In business, you don’t fix problems by cutting corners and hoping for the best. If we’re serious about making Michigan #1 in education, then we need to be honest about priorities.
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Opinion | Investing in tuition-free college can be a good economic bet for Michigan
Having more educated workers strengthens communities, making it easier to attract new businesses and enabling existing employers to improve productivity and expand.
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Opinion | Immunization is a responsibility, not just a choice
We have been taught to trust science, but now, with rising vaccine waivers and plummeting immunization rates, we are witnessing the consequences of misinformation unfold in front of us.
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Opinion | MSU must return what they took — and add more
There is now zero legal justification — not even the pretense of pending litigation — for Michigan State University to dismantle equity programs. Yet MSU continues operating as if the Trump administration’s unconstitutional orders carry force of law.