Improving Reading Education and Financial Aid Awareness
Join The Education Trust-Midwest and partner organizations on Thursday, Feburary 27 at 7:00 p.m. EST for a twitter chat on…
Fair funding for schools, financial aid for students and calling future colleagues.
Nearly 400 messages have been sent by Michiganders to the Governor and legislative leaders, urging Michigan to prioritize fairness…
Building Toward Equity: Proposed FY21 Budget and Inequities in Advanced Coursework
A high-quality public education remains the most effective tool for building a brighter future. Not only does success in…
Reading a focus of the Gov and a pledge for fair funding
In her second State of the State address, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke to the critical needs of ensuring…
New Report: School Funding System Failing to Provide Equal Opportunities
Michigan is now in the bottom five states nationwide for equitable school funding, and should take immediate steps to invest much…
Inequities in advanced coursework in the spotlight
Black and Latino students across the country have unequal access to advanced coursework, which means they often miss out…
What Ed. Issues are You Watching in 2020?
As we begin a new year, members of the Ed Trust-Midwest team are thinking about the issues that will…
Supporting parents and expanding access to postsecondary education
Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently announced a statewide “Governors FAFSA Challenge.” The goal is for every Michigan high school to…
Quality & Access for All in P-20 Education
High-quality early childhood education (ECE) is important to the rapid development that happens in the first five years of…
Empowering parents through data and creating a more diverse, inclusive teaching force.
As important partners in student and school performance, parents deserve to be empowered with information about student learning. With…
Every student counts and a needed math intervention. Plus news, updates and more.
Earlier this month, schools across Michigan observed fall "count day." This is one of the days used by the…
Michigan needs a math overhaul – and the teacher support to make it happen
Nearly two-thirds of Michigan students in fifth, sixth, and seventh grades were not grade-level proficient on the 2019 state…
Questions remain on state budget and keeping teachers of color teaching in our public schools
One week into the current fiscal year, questions remain about the future of key programs and priorities of Governor…
State Budget Update and Inequities in Enrollment, Completion for Latino Student in Higher Ed.
In an unusual move, the School Aid Budget for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 was sent…
Young, gifted and broke. Student loans and state budgets. Plus news and more.
Last week, a state budget conference committee passed the public education budget for the year beginning on October 1.…
M-STEP scores should prompt action and why Mich. schools are in session, without a budget
Recently released data on student learning in Michigan highlights the need for prompt action to improve learning for all students, with…
Inequities in ‘Read by Grade Three’ and a new State Superintendent
A recent analysis by Michigan State University's Education Policy Innovation Collaboration (EPIC) into Michigan's early literacy law, and likely consequences…
A better education: equitable funding, high ed. accessibility & high expectations
Without agreement on school spending for the fiscal year that runs from October 2019 through September 2020, the state…
Until we fix Michigan education, nothing else matters. Bipartisan consensus that Michigan must improve.
Leaders from across Michigan gathered last week on Mackinac Island to discuss the state's most pressing issues. Throughout the…
Special Edition: Michigan parents: “improving public education” top issue facing the state
No matter where Michigan parents live, their race or political affiliation, or how much their family earns, they want…