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Opinion: Michigan is failing our English learner students, and that has to change
Michigan’s population outlook is dire. Our state had the 49th slowest rate of growth in the entire U.S.If Michigan leaders still have hope of growing our state…
The Detroit News Opinion: Butler- Students with dyslexia deserve more support
Imagine that your brain works differently than others, but it was never explained why. Imagine asking for help to learn how to read but never receiving it. Ima…
Opinion: 5 education issues to watch in Michigan in 2024
This opinion piece appeared in Crain's Detroit Business by Education Trust-Midwest's Executive Director Amber Arellano and Director of Government Affairs Jeff …
Opinion: It’s time for Michigan to invest in its most vulnerable children
From the rural reaches of northern Michigan to the urban centers of our largest cities and the surrounding suburban and exurban communities, every one of Michi…
Michigan’s school aid budget includes universal meals, more special education funding
This piece appeared in the Detroit Free Press by Lily Altavena. State lawmakers passed a $21.5 billion school aid budget Wednesday that targets funding to scho…
Detroit Free Press Opinion: Michigan is poised to make historic investment in these students
For the first time in more than a decade, Michigan’s policymakers are poised to make historic investments in children who are learning English — and they shoul…
The Detroit News Opinion: Salary parity is critical for early childhood educators
As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer considers continuing historic investments in early childhood this fiscal year, this is a moment of opportunity to address the inequita…
Bridge Michigan Opinion | Michigan’s education proposals show progress; more is needed
For the first time in Michigan history, state Senate leaders are proposing to create a much fairer school funding formula that would rightfully consider the co…
Opinion: Michigan needs a school funding system that supports all students’ needs
As this unprecedented school year ends, Michigan educators are continuing to grapple with the many challenges of how to help their students catch up and accele…
On Stateside: Brian Gutman discusses K-12 education funding and the School Aid Budget
On Stateside, Brian Gutman, director of external relations at The Education Trust-Midwest, talks about K-12 education funding and the School Aid Budget. His in…
Key Priorities to Address Unfinished Learning: Amber Arellano talks with DPTV
At the end of a long school year for students, parents, teachers and administrators, critical decisions lie ahead for how to spend billions of stimulus dollars…
Detroit Free Press Opinion | Legislature should do these things for Michigan students’ educational recovery
As we mark the one-year anniversary of statewide school shutdowns, we’re seeing glimmers of hope, with COVID-19 rates down from peak levels, more children retu…
Bridge Michigan Opinion | Michigan’s leaders can act now to mitigate learning losses
As Michigan looks to turn the page on one of the most troubled years in recent memory, a bright spot is emerging as the governor and legislative leaders have e…
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 supporting all of our students, by recognizing every chil…
Bridge Michigan Opinion | Michigan’s school finance system limits vulnerable students’ prospects
All of Michigan’s children deserve an equal opportunity to succeed. Today they don’t have one — but that can change.A new report prepared by national funding e…
Bridge Michigan Opinion | Let’s get strategic in improving third-grade reading in Michigan
Like so many of you, I’m a native Michigander who grew up proud of what I believe are shared Michigan values: a hard work ethic, a passion for the Great Lakes,…
Detroit News Opinion | Has education in Michigan hit bottom?
For the first time in state history, Michigan public schools are able to compare their performance in some subjects to nearly a dozen other states across the c…
Michigan spent $80 million to improve early reading. Scores went down.
by Ron French, Bridge Once a week, Amanda Price volunteers in a first-grade classroom in Lakeshore Elementary in Holland. “They’re doing great,” said the form…
Mich. dip in 3rd-grade reading worst of 11 states
by Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News Despite investing heavily in early literacy since 2015, Michigan schools showed the largest decline in third-grade read…
Education Plan Missing Honest Data, High Goals & Accountability
by Brian Gutman, Detroit School TalkEvery Michigan student – regardless of race, family income or disability status – deserves access to a high-quality educati…
