Michigan school opinions

States that spend less on schools spend more on prisons. Coincidence?

Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much. But a bipartisan group of former officials are promoting investments to help Michigan children.

Legislators need to put politics aside and pass a school budget, for the sake of Michigan’s children.

Fewer high school grads enrolled in college last year, and Michigan is on pace for another decline, if more students don’t complete the FAFSA by May 1.

We’ve prioritized the most vulnerable for COVID vaccinations, as we should. We should now prioritize those who are most prone to spread the virus.

Despite the superhuman efforts of teachers, many students are falling through the cracks faster than they can be pulled up and out.

Michigan school leaders are arguing against giving the M-STEP to students this year because of the pandemic. But COVID makes it even more important to know what schools and which students are suffering.

Taxpayers should insist public universities be judged by how well, and how efficiently, they serve the public.

The first big test in college is figuring out what to do when you’re accepted, says a long-time college advisor.

Republicans in Lansing have decided to use the $2.1 billion meant for students as a bargaining chip to use against the Whitmer administration. That’s not helping me, my wife, or our kindergarten daughter.

Michigan’s state school superintendent and president of the state school board argue that students shouldn’t take the typical standardized test, the M-STEP, and instead use benchmark tests that give teachers faster results.

Federal COVID relief funds offer Michigan a chance to add child care support that will pay dividends for decades.

Tests are fine. But making kids worry they may be held back in third grade for poor reading skills in the middle of a pandemic is nuts.

A Macomb County teacher has seen from the inside how state policies and underfunding of schools has shriveled the state’s teacher pool. Now, we’re paying the price.

Business groups like to tell schools why standardized tests are important. Maybe we should trust the opinion of the people in classrooms every day.

There is no priority as significant as meeting the educational needs of every student, regardless of disability.

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.

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.

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.

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.