Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much. But a bipartisan group of former officials are promoting investments to help Michigan children.
Michigan school opinions
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Opinion | The clock is ticking: schools need Lansing to pass budget by June 1
Legislators need to put politics aside and pass a school budget, for the sake of Michigan’s children.
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Opinion | Michigan needs more college grads. Step one: completing the FAFSA
Fewer high school grads enrolled in college last year, and Michigan is on pace for another decline, if more students don’t complete the FAFSA by May 1.
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Opinion | Want to slow Michigan’s COVID surge? Vaccinate college students
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.