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Michigan school opinions
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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.
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Opinion | If teachers think standardized tests stink, maybe we should listen
Business groups like to tell schools why standardized tests are important. Maybe we should trust the opinion of the people in classrooms every day.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Opinion | As we plan for life post-pandemic, let's pivot to a new normal
It’s not just pre-pandemic lessons from which we need to draw. We also need to learn from lessons from the pandemic, Michigan’s superintendent writes.
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Opinion | It's time to move to personalized learning for all students
The pandemic has illuminated the need for Michigan to change its education system, this former superintendent writes.