In every classroom across our great state – from Monroe to Manistee and Mt. Pleasant to Marquette – every Michigan student deserves access and opportunity to the educational resources and support to realize a bright future.
Yet for too long, Michigan’s education system has served as an engine of inequality when it should be providing opportunities for all students to achieve at high levels.
Longstanding educational inequities compounded by the daunting challenges of teaching and learning through a pandemic bring us to a moment of important opportunity where strong state leadership and significant systems changes are critical for Michigan’s educational recovery from pre-kindergarten through high school.
The Education Trust-Midwest has long supported evidence-based strategies, including those from leading education states, that will put Michigan on a path to be a top ten education state for every Michigan student.
Meeting student needs through COVID-19 and business leaders call for funding equity
As Michigan takes steps to protect the health and well-being of students and the general public, we must also address both unique and preexisting inequities fa…
School closure & vulnerable students – Update from The Education Trust-Midwest
Dear friends and partners,What an unprecedented last week this has been - a time of rapid change for all of us. For those of us lucky enough to work from home,…
Education Trust-Midwest calls for a focus on educational equity during coronavirus school closures
ROYAL OAK, Mich. ― As Michigan families and educators adapt to the challenges of continuing the education of children during school closures, The Education Tru…
Educational Equity & Coronavirus
The State of Michigan is taking important steps to protect the health and wellbeing of students and the general public during the coronavirus pandemic. While w…
Bosch Community Fund Supports Teaching and Learning through a Grant to ETM
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (October 3, 2018) – Support from the Bosch Community Fund will help improve the quality of teaching and learning in Michigan schools. The two-…
Mich. Ed. Update – July 3
Over the course of the summer, updates from The Education Trust-Midwest will be distributed on the first Tuesday of each month.Weekly updates will resume on Se…
Mich. Ed. Update – May 1
School Safety Package Advances A little over two months after the tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Michigan legislatur…
Mich. Ed. Update – March 20
Leveraging the Power of Data for Strategic Learning and ImprovementThe following excerpt is taken from a March 20 blog post written by Mary Grech. Click here f…
Mich. Ed. Roundup – March 6
Top-Ten for Education: Not By ChanceFor the first time in the state’s history, Michigan public schools are able to compare their performance in some subjects t…
High-poverty schools in Grand Rapids and Wyoming, Mich., are showing dramatic improvements in student achievement.
Schools are focus of efforts to adopt strategies shown to work in leading education states.March 6, 2018 (ROYAL OAK, Mich.) – A focused effort to improve stude…
Open Your Eyes
I was asked to share my thoughts on how I'm making history. Specifically, I was asked to share a story/perspective I spoke about with a group of educators and…
Mich. Ed. Roundup – Feb 27
Waking UpAs a part of on our ongoing celebration of Black History Month, Michigan parent Crystal Humphries contributed her thoughts on the importance of includ…
Waking Up
The day that I ended my career as a teacher, I woke up as a parent.I was in my 15th year of teaching, had reached my career high and then I quit. The money wa…
Mich. Ed. Update – Feb 20
Perspectives & Reflections from Latino TeachersAmerica is experiencing a diverse, cultural shift and the teacher workforce is lagging behind: while Latino …
Making Change and Closing Gaps
February is Black History Month — an annual celebration of the contributions and achievements of black Americans and a time to recognize the central role Afric…
Adjusting, Overcoming and Soaring
For young adults, high school is a time where they begin to learn who they truly are. At the beginning, it feels like just another promotion into the next grad…
Mich. Ed. Roundup – Dec 20
Working to improve Michigan's schoolsWe know one thing we have in common with our newsletter readers: we’re all passionate about improving Michigan’s public sc…
Mich. Ed. Roundup – November 14
Take Action! Oppose Test ChangesOver the past few weeks, hundreds of letters have been sent to State Superintendent Brian Whiston and Governor Rick Snyder, opp…
Dream. Never stop Dreaming.
by Jose Luis Orozco, Jr.Community School Coordinator Supervisor, Kent School Services NetworkAs a high school counselor, there is no prouder moment than when y…
Standing with our DREAMers
This week, as millions of American students headed back to school, hundreds of thousands of young people – the “DREAMers” – learned the Trump administration wo…
