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.
Michigan school opinions
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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.
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Opinion | Counting children in the pandemic
Local schools and school districts should continue to work with the widest range of community partners—faith-based institutions, social service agencies, law enforcement, and others—to ensure that every child in each community is receiving an education.
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Opinion | Michigan’s leaders can act now to mitigate learning losses
To ensure that Michigan’s vulnerable students and families receive the support they need and deserve, we urge Michigan leaders to invest immediately in the most effective, highest leverage research-based strategies to begin to address troubling inequities.
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Opinion | Michigan colleges fighting to survive — for students and communities
Channeling the grit of the students they serve, Michigan’s community colleges are fighting to stay open amid a pandemic that has upended postsecondary education.
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Opinion | Federal higher ed relief urgently needed for Michigan students
Federal funding is about to run out, and with them, a backbone of economic support for the state of Michigan.
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Opinion | What Lansing got right: working together to educate more in Michigan
Honoring essential workers with free tuition is good public policy.