Equity Edition: We need you! Join the Opportunity for All campaign!
The team at the Education Trust-Midwest has been hard at work advancing priorities for the coming fiscal year centered…
Equity Edition: COVID-19 Crisis Leaves Many Families with Greater Need for College Financial Aid Assistance
Awareness efforts across state seek to inform students about financial aidBy Riley Stone, data and policy analyst at the…
Equity Edition: Michigan’s School Funding System Leads to Gaps in Opportunity
Policy changes can lead to a fairer school funding system Michigan is one of the most inequitable states for…
Equity Edition: Community Leaders Issue Statement Calling for More Funding Equity Following Signing of School Aid Budget
Michigan lawmakers passed a $62.76 billion state budget last week that avoided drastic school funding cuts that had been…
Statement from the Education Trust-Midwest on Bipartisan Budget Maintaining Per-Pupil Funding and Including a One-Time Per-Student Increase
More must be done in future budget cycles to address structural inequities and meet the needs of at-risk students,…
Equity Edition: Bipartisan Budget Maintains Per-Pupil Funding and Includes One-Time Per-Student Increase
More must be done in future budget cycles to address structural inequities and meet the needs of at-risk students,…
The Equity Edition: No Cuts for Schools is Good News; More Work Needed on Fair Funding
State leaders said this week they reached agreement on the framework of the School Aid budget with no reduction…
Bridge Michigan Opinion | No cuts for schools is good news; more work needed on fair funding
Never before in modern U.S. history has there been a more important moment for our state to commit to…
Statement by The Education Trust-Midwest on Emerging School Aid Budget Framework
The following statement may be attributed to Amber Arellano, executive director of The Education Trust-Midwest.“The emerging School Aid Budget framework…
The Equity Edition: Michigan’s College Remediation Rates in Poor Districts More Than Double the Rate of Wealthier Districts
Without additional funding and supports, COVID-19 crisis may exacerbate troubling trendsBy Riley Stone, data and policy analystBefore the COVID-19…
Analysis: Michigan’s College Remediation Rates in Poor Districts More Than Double the Rate of Wealthier Districts
Without additional funding and supports, COVID-19 crisis may exacerbate troubling trendsThis analysis is part of a periodic series examining…
The Equity Edition: Extended Learning More Important Than Ever in Return to School
When Education Trust-Midwest issued its 2020 State of Michigan Education Report, A Marshall Plan: Reimagining Michigan Public Education, schools…
The Equity Edition: School Aid Fund Revenue Estimate and Equitable Funding Coverage
New projections for the budget year beginning on October 1 confirm that the state will have significant shortfalls, even…
Statement from The Education Trust-Midwest on School Aid Fund Revenue Estimate
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (Aug. 24, 2020) ― The following statement may be attributed to Amber Arellano, executive director of The Education…
Statement by Amber Arellano on bipartisan education deal
Statement by Amber Arellano, Executive Director, The Education Trust-Midwest“We applaud Governor Whitmer and Michigan’s legislative leadership for their work…
Social-emotional support and wrap-around services essential for students as they return to schoolSocial-emotional support and wrap-around services essential for students as they return to school
Meeting in a rare Saturday session, the Michigan Senate approved “return to learn” bills hailed as a bipartisan deal…
The Equity Edition – Special Edition: Early learning, high expectations and Michigan’s digital divide.
The following excerpt is from a recent blog on quality virtual instruction and access. Read the full post here.By…
The time is now to equitably invest in Michigan’s students
By Jennifer MrozowskiAs the conversation intensifies in Michigan and nationally on how to plug budget shortfalls due to the…
Ed Trust-Midwest Joins Business, Civil Rights and Civic Leaders in a Campaign Calling on Leaders to Invest in Michigan’s Students, Adopt Fairer School Funding
(July 28, 2020) – At a time of great inequality of opportunity deepened by the COVID-19 crisis, The Education…