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Article: “Charter school groups questions Michigan education department’s ‘at-risk’ list”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4418"The announcement that the Michigan Department of Education is calling 11 charter school authorizers "at ris…
Article: “4 Michigan districts get a zero for students’ college readiness”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4383"While statewide scores edged up this year on the 2014 Michigan Merit Exam, some of Metro Detroit's poorest …
Article: “Michigan school chief promises to get tough with charter school authorizers”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4382"State school Superintendent Mike Flanagan announced Monday he is giving notice to Michigans charter school…
Article: “Michigan school chief promises to get tough with charter school authorizers”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4381
Article: “Michigan’s assignment” Toughen charter laws”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4385"The role models are out there. All Michigan has to do is look around. At Massachusetts. Or Minnesota, Indi…
“Concerns over charter school performance persist as more open in state”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4386"Two decades into Michigans charter school experience, its clear that some schools excel academically, oth…
“Free Press’ charter school review triggers varied reactions”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4387"The tension between advocates of traditional and charter schools in Michigan has intensified. Thats becaus…
“Most Michigan charter companies don’t follow financial disclosure law”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4388"Michigans charter schools offer the public scant information on how they spend taxpayer money."
“Article: Education Trust founder says Michigan ‘on the right track’ with preschool funding”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4325The Education Trust's founder, Kati Haycock, was in Michigan to speak at the 2014 Mackinac Policy Conference…
“Charter schools vary in academic achievement compared to traditional districts”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4326Parents choose charter schools over traditional schools for a myriad of reasons. This article examines…
“Teacher Evaluations May Broaden”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4327The Michigan legislature looks at the criteria for evaluating teachers and school administrators.
Business Leaders Urge Smarter Balanced Assessment Adoption
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4287Business Leaders for Michigan headed a coalition urging the Legislature to support adoption of the Smarter B…
Our View – Michigan can improve on its education system
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4289This article published in the Petoskey News, discusses important steps that the Michigan legislature can tak…
Teachers need more training and resources to teach to highter standards”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4328"Michigan's new college - and career- ready standards will accomplish little if our state does nothing to en…
“Michigan schools aren’t moving forward”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4329Charter schools are not the solution to the problems in our state's educational system.
“Supreme Court upholds affirmative action ban”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4330How will Michigan's ban on using race as a factor in college admissions affect our minority students?
“Editorial: Why Michigan is so far behind others on education”
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4331This article examine's The Education Trust's recent educational report which compares Michigans fourth-grad…
Symposium in Flint tackles the roles of race and class in education
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4333A discussion of the impact of race and economic class on education. Sarah Lenhoff, ETM's Director of P…
On the wrong track: Michigan education policy
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4332A comparison of The Education Trust-Midwest's 2014 Education Report and a new study from Demos looking at hi…
Study: Michigan students not learning enough
Original URL: https://midwest.edtrust.org/node/4334This article looks at the 2014 Education Report from The Education Trust entitled: "Stalled to Soaring…