“I love teaching, I’m passionate about it and I believe that it is the most important job in the world.”
By: Kristi Trickey Highschool Language Arts Teacher, Southeastern, MI As a first-year teacher in Michigan, I made roughly $32,000.…
“I think that when we talk about teacher shortages, we often talk about money or compensation, but it goes way deeper than that.”
By: Fredericka Brown Parent, Grand Rapids, MI I am a parent of the GRPS public school system in Grand…
NEW: Education Priorities Outlined in Gov. Whitmer’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 25-26
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today proposed increasing Michigan’s per-pupil allowance, providing funding to again pay for free school breakfast and…
Community Organizing for Teacher Compensation
By: kyle lim - Urban Core CollectiveThe Urban Core Collective exists to support the self-determination and agency of historically…
Bold leadership and statewide solutions needed in the wake of lagging performance on NAEP
EdTrust-Midwest called for bold leadership and statewide solutions after the newly-released 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, again…
EdTrust-Midwest calls for statewide solutions, bold leadership and investment in the wake of lagging Michigan NAEP results
The following media statement can be attributed to Jennifer Mrozowski, senior director for external relations and strategic communications at…
Vision: Ensuring all children in Kent County have an equitable path to economic prosperity through family, quality education, and community supports
By: Katie Adrianse, Director of Communications, Maegan Frierson, Director of System Building, and Mark Woltman, Vice PresidentKConnect is a…
More teachers work outside areas of expertise in high-poverty Mich. districts
By Isabel Lohman, Bridge MichiganMichigan’s teacher shortage is so bad that instructors are leading classes they aren’t trained to…
Black students, poor communities are hit hard by Michigan’s teacher shortage, report says
by Hannah Dellinger, Chalkbeat DetroitBlack children and students attending schools in Michigan’s poorest communities are more likely to be…
Students in poverty more likely to have inexperienced teachers, report says
by Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit NewsLow-income, students of color in Michigan face the highest rates of having teachers who are…
Closing the Opportunity Divide: Addressing Michigan’s Teacher Shortage Problem for Students Most in Need
Michigan’s students who are the most underserved face the highest rates of inexperienced teachers, teachers who have emergency or…
New Analysis: Michigan’s Teacher Shortage Problem Is Worsening Opportunity Gaps for Students Who Are the Most Underserved
Students from low-income backgrounds, Black and Latino students, and students from rural and urban areas often face the highest…
BFDI International Training Institute Announces Signature Sankofa Awards & Fundraiser Dinner
Ed-Trust-Midwest's Executive Director Amber Arellano named a 2024 Education Honoree, for her commitment to equitable education for all Michigan…
Bi-Partisan legislators overwhelmingly support ‘Reading for All’ legislation aimed at improving Michigan’s early reading outcomes
EdTrust-Midwest today praised the Michigan legislature for its overwhelming bipartisan support of legislation designed to address one of the…
Michigan Schools Still Struggling to Address Chronic Absenteeism and its Long-term Effects on K-12 Students
Troubling new data shows that nearly a third of K-12 students in Michigan missed 10% or more school days…
New Report Connects Racial, Class Disparities in K-12 Students’ Mental Health to Chronic Absenteeism
A Nation’s Children at Risk is a new national report that spotlights the ongoing youth mental health crisis and…
M-STEP data underscores need to urgently invest more in Michigan’s students, particularly those who are underserved
This statement can be attributed to Jennifer Mrozowski, Senior Director, Strategic Communications and External Relations, EdTrust-Midwest, on the release…
Making the Most of One-Time Funds to Support Michigan’s Homeless Students
Public schools have less than nine weeks to take advantage of unique pandemic recovery funding to identify and support…
FY 2025 School Aid Budget Builds Upon Historic School Funding Progress for Students who are Underserved
State leaders propose historic funding again in FY 25 for English Learners, while supporting greater investment for students from…
New Report Demonstrates Need for Strong Systems of Fiscal Transparency and Accountability for School Investments
New evidence reinforces the need to create strong fiscal transparency and accountability systems in Michigan to ensure that investments…