We’ve prioritized the most vulnerable for COVID vaccinations, as we should. We should now prioritize those who are most prone to spread the virus.
Michigan school opinions
Posted inTalent & Education
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.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Gathering data on COVID learning loss in Michigan is vital
Michigan school leaders are arguing against giving the M-STEP to students this year because of the pandemic. But COVID makes it even more important to know what schools and which students are suffering.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | We need real performance metrics for Michigan public universities
Taxpayers should insist public universities be judged by how well, and how efficiently, they serve the public.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Tips for when those college admissions letters arrive
The first big test in college is figuring out what to do when you’re accepted, says a long-time college advisor.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | For Alice’s sake, stop playing politics with school COVID money
Republicans in Lansing have decided to use the $2.1 billion meant for students as a bargaining chip to use against the Whitmer administration. That’s not helping me, my wife, or our kindergarten daughter.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | We shouldn’t add M-STEP testing to an already brutal school year
Michigan’s state school superintendent and president of the state school board argue that students shouldn’t take the typical standardized test, the M-STEP, and instead use benchmark tests that give teachers faster results.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Early childhood programs are key to a stronger Michigan post-COVID
Federal COVID relief funds offer Michigan a chance to add child care support that will pay dividends for decades.
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Opinion | Let’s not flunk third-graders for low reading scores in a pandemic
Tests are fine. But making kids worry they may be held back in third grade for poor reading skills in the middle of a pandemic is nuts.
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Opinion | Michigan’s teacher shortage caused by decades of bad public policy
A Macomb County teacher has seen from the inside how state policies and underfunding of schools has shriveled the state’s teacher pool. Now, we’re paying the price.