It is time we value those who touch and teach our children at arguably the most important point in their lifelong learning something consonant with their work and worth.
It is time that the state met the childcare needs of working families and the business community while promoting stronger educational outcomes for the next generation of workers.
We can have both protections against COVID-19 and the benefits of in-person learning if we are willing to take common sense measures in Michigan’s schools, including wearing face masks.
Michigan’s Republican Senate Majority Leader argues that mask mandates are a ‘solution in search of a problem’ and inconvenient facts about COVID-19 are ignored by policymakers and public health officials.
Michigan’s school superintendent writes that critical race theory isn’t taught in public schools, but “to chose to ignore race and racism in our teaching is to … erase history.”
Teachers across Michigan need as much support and information – including from the M-STEP – as we can get to tackle our post-pandemic jobs. Our students will benefit in the long run.
I have never seen so many fellow educators talk about retiring as soon as they can. This trend will only continue to worsen without attracting more young people and diversifying our profession.
The state’s 15 public universities have become accustomed to doing more with less, but after 20 years of budget cuts and tuition increases, this pattern is pricing out talented and deserving Michigan students.
State leaders of both parties have shifted more than $6 billion from Michigan’s School Aid Fund in recent years. Now that the state is flush with cash, that diversion needs to stop.
A GOP bill in the Michigan Senate tells transgender youth that, in order to live authentically, they may have to give up sports. That’s wrong, says a transgender teacher.
