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Michigan school opinions
Posted inTalent & Education
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.
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Opinion | Take a breath: Michigan schools’ tests scores aren’t as bad as you think
You’ve read the doom-and-gloom stories. But they fail to point out how well many Michigan students are doing.
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Opinion | Michigan reform bills will hurt teacher education programs
Mitchell Robinson understands the desire to try things to improve Michigan schools. But he believes a package of bills addressing teacher education do more harm than good.
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Opinion | Don’t punish schools because Johnny can’t read. Invest in them instead.
A former Michigan Teacher of the Year reminds us that we’ve long worried about how well our children read, but we keep ignoring the real solutions
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Opinion | Want to improve literacy in Michigan? Restore school librarians
As the number of school librarians dropped, so did Michigan’s literacy rank. One school librarian doesn’t think that’s a coincidence.
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Opinion | It’s time for Michigan to invest in our kids
Early childhood is the time when a good education can make the most difference. Yet it’s where we invest the least. That needs to change.