Students across Michigan now rely on campus food pantries. Worrying about your next meal is not what college is supposed to be about.
Michigan school opinions
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Opinion | Michigan’s next governor must lead, not follow special interests
The next governor has an opportunity – and a responsibility – to address problems that have festered for decades in our polarized politics
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Opinion | Michigan needs more post-high school education, says state superintendent
More high school grads are earning degrees and certificates, but we’re still below the national average.
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Opinion | Michigan is in the midst of a literacy crisis
Our children can’t succeed if they can’t read. It’s time we do something about it.
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Opinion | Charter schools have done more harm than good in Michigan.
An MSU education professor bemoans the influence of charter school operators in Michigan. The direction of public education is a battle worth having.
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Opinion | No mystery why Michigan professionals don’t go into education
Little pay and no respect aren’t good selling points for professionals who could teach college courses, exposing students to the real world.
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Michigan’s top teacher on Betsy DeVos, school shootings and testing
Luke Wilcox isn’t shy about sharing his opinions, with Bridge Magazine or the U.S. Secretary of Education
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What Michigan schools can learn from craft beer
To turn around Michigan schools, stop trying to produce Budweiser, and brew more Oberon. That’s the TED Talk message (without the actual alcohol) of Michigan’s Teacher of the Year.
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Opinion | Demand that candidates explain their plan for Michigan schools
Don’t let politicians get away with generic statements about improving schools, says MSU professor Jack Smith.
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Opinion | A librarian in every Michigan school? Lawmakers make the case
Almost as endangered today as the northern white rhino, school librarians may be making a comeback, if three legislators have their way.