“Flunking a student is immediately traumatic and is more likely to be experienced by those students who are categorized as poor, male and/or minority,” the group of Upper Peninsula school superintendents writes.
Michigan school opinions
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Kettering University president: College is ‘increasingly not relevant’
Robert McMahan says universities must change, or companies are going to stop buying what they’re selling. Kettering graduates produce the highest return on financial investment of any Michigan university.
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Opinion | Michigan’s school finance system limits vulnerable students' prospects
Michigan can learn much from other states, where student achievement is better overall and a Zip code doesn’t limit opportunity – thanks in part to education funding focused on opportunity for all.
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Opinion | How Michigan’s early middle colleges transform students’ lives
More than 13,000 Michigan students attend early middle colleges, which allow students to earn college credit as early as ninth grade.
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Opinion | Thank Michigan educators for their selflessness, spirit of giving
Our state’s teachers, support staff and other public school employees are committed to helping students. This work doesn’t end when the school bell rings.
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Opinion | Retirement must be factored in with considering teacher salaries
Retirement system costs for school personnel should be a high priority and shouldn’t be viewed as competition with school operations budget, says this guest author.
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Opinion | Read by Grade 3 law doesn’t hurt kids – it’s offering a lifeline
Michigan’s Read by Grade 3 Law isn’t some scary new policy looming over local students – it’s an essential reform that’s already yielding real results that benefit our kids, says the author of this Guest Commentary.
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Opinion | Don’t gut the third-grade reading law; give it a chance to work
Holding children back so they can achieve future success is not “punitive;” it is proactive.
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Opinion | Michigan spending more on education, but teacher pay stagnant
Lansing’s failures to adequately manage and fund the state retirement system of teachers is chewing up the small annual increases in the state budget for K-12 education.
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Opinion | Cutting Michigan Tuition Grant puts the state at stake
Funding for students at independent colleges and universities is a vital investment in the well-being of the state — a blending of the individual and common good, says this university president.