With Love and High Expectations, Top Teachers Nurture Good Students
Effective Teaching Can Help Students Out of Povertyby Charles HoneyGrand Rapids Public Schools, MI — The boy was not…
Great Teachers Make a Lasting Difference, Studies Show
by Charles HoneyKent ISD, MI — The old adage that having one great teacher can make a big difference…
Raising Student Achievement in West Michigan
Ed Trust-Midwest and Steelcase Working to Raise Student AchievementThe Steelcase Foundation and The Education Trust-Midwest are working together alongside…
Project beginning this fall in Grand Rapids area schools aims to support achievement gap closing
GRAND RAPIDS (May 11, 2015) -- The Education Trust-Midwest is launching a new program to provide greater support and…
Strengthening Michigan Schools
Michigan: Make Every Week Teacher Appreciation Week!This week marks Teacher Appreciation Week, a time to honor and thank the…
Livonia admin. on classroom success; Reading is the gateway to learning
Michigan: Critical Need for Early LiteracyBeing able to read is key to being able to learn. By the end…
Michigan Stepping Up: Key investments and better tests
State Budget: Mixed Signs for StudentsThere are mixed signs from the Michigan legislature around support for strategies to advance education in the state. Inve…
Michigan Must Support Its Most Valuable Education Resource – Teachers and School Leaders
Today Sarah Lenhoff, director of policy and research, and Jason Mancini,director of government affairs, of The Education Trust-Midwest, testified…
Michigan to Washington: ALL Kids Matter!
Standing Up to Washington - Accountability MattersIf your child isn’t getting a great education, you don’t just shrug your…
Support for Early Literacy, Teacher Evaluations
Support for Early Literacy, Teacher EvaluationsThere was good news for supporters of better schools for Michigan’s students in the…
Why Are We Giving the Least to the Kids that Need the Most in School?
The link between poverty and education creates special challenges for educators in Michigan, both in Detroit and in the…
Coalition: Road to excellence begins in Detroit
Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren Releases RecommendationsThe road to excellence for Michigan’s troubled schools begins in Detroit,…
GVSU ‘first charter school authorizer’ in Michigan to receive accreditation by third-party group
by Brian McVicar, MLiveGRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Valley State University's charter schools office has been recommended for accreditation by…
Ed Trust-Midwest to Legislature: Michigan Must Learn from Leading States to Truly Raise Third-Grade Reading Levels
Today, Sarah Lenhoff, director of policy and research, and Jason Mancini, director of government affairs, at The Education Trust-Midwest,…
Detroit charter schools show gains, but lag behind state
By Lori Higgins, Detroit Free PressThe average Detroit charter school student is showing stronger academic improvement than peers in Detroit…
Students Who Need the Most Continue to Get the Least
Ed Trust State-by-State Report Shows “Devastatingly Large” Funding Gaps in Some StatesWASHINGTON (March 25, 2015) — Districts serving low-income…
Whiston: MI’s next state superintendent
Brian Whiston named Michigan's next superintendentBrian Whiston, superintendent of Dearborn Public Schools since 2008, was selected as Michigan’s next…
Michigan’s Next Superintendent of Public Instruction
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (March 18, 2015) — Earlier today, the Michigan State Board of Education announced the selection of Brian Whiston as…