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Commentary: Detroiters deserve the best from their schools – even if they’re charters
It's midsummer but school bells will ring again across the city in a few short weeks.Families are busy choosing schools for the fall, and there are good thing…
Achievement gaps lurk within some elite Michigan schools, state report shows
Data show need for more teacher support and collaborationROYAL OAK, MICH. (August 2, 2012) – As Michigan begins to implement its new statewide school accountab…
Michigan Wins Federal Waiver from NCLB
Full impact on Michigan schools and students still unclearROYAL OAK, MICH. (July 19, 2012) – The Obama administration has announced Michigan is one of the sta…
MME Test Results Show Achievement Gaps Growing Among Michigan High School Students
State must not backslide on rigorous standards for our studentsROYAL OAK, MICH. (June 28, 2012) - Michigan has among the worst student achievement gaps in the …
Achievement gaps in 8th-grade science show need for meaningful accountability in Michigan schools
Contact info:David ZemanManaging Director of Content and [email protected]: (734)-619-8008Cell: (248)-210-8476Publication date:Ma…
Michigan NCLB Waiver Proposes Dramatic Changes to State School Accountability, Other Systems
Contact info:David ZemanManaging Director of Content and [email protected](248) 210-8476Ed Trust-Midwest releases analysis of Michigan’s …
Michigan Council making progress in building reliable evaluation system for Michigan educators
Contact info:David ZemanManaging Director of Content and CommunicationsThe Education [email protected](248) 210-8476Ed Trust-Midwest urges…
Many Michigan Students Not Meeting Higher MEAP Standards
Dismal results in eighth-grade math for African American, Latino studentsROYAL OAK, MICH. (February 15, 2012) – The Michigan Department of Education released t…
New Report: White and Higher-Income Student Achievement in Michigan Losing Ground to Other States
Also inside: Ed Trust-Midwest finds hope in Inkster’s Baylor-Woodson Elementary – a high-poverty school where achievement soars as high as upper-middle class s…
Ed Trust-Midwest Statement on Michigan Charter School Expansion Vote
Contact info:Amber [email protected](734) 277-5084Donnell [email protected](248) 854-5297ROYAL OAK, MI (December 15, 2011) – To…
Statement to the Michigan Governor
The Education Trust-Midwest thanks the Governor’s Council members for dedicating their time to this incredibly important work – and to Senator Phil Pavlov, for…
Ed Trust-Midwest Statement on the 2011 NAEP TUDA Reading and Math Results
ANN ARBOR, MI (December 7, 2011) – Detroit’s student achievement continues to be devastatingly low -- and has changed very little since 2009 -- according to t…
Ed Trust-Midwest Statement on the 2011 NAEP Reading and Mathematics Results
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (November 1, 2011) — Michigan now consistently ranks in the bottom of states in both performance and improvement in student achievement, afte…
Michigan’s Legislature Needs to Slow Down and Get Charter School Legislation Right
Contact info:Amber [email protected](734) 277-5084Donnell [email protected](248) 854-5297ANN ARBOR, MICH. (September 29, 2011) …
The Education Trust-Midwest’s Statement on President Obama’s No Child Left Behind Waiver Plan
Contact info:Amber Arellano, Executive [email protected](734)277.5084Donnell Green, Communications [email protected](248)…
Ed Trust-Midwest Executive Director Amber Arellano shares commentary in the 43rd Annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll
ANN ARBOR, MICH. (August 19, 2011) - Every year Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll produces a report on Americans’ view of education. This 43rd Annual report dives i…
Statement on Historic Education Reforms Passed by Michigan Legislature
Ed Trust-Midwest applauds lawmakers for passing teacher tenure, evaluation reforms that will help good teachers stay in classroomsLANSING, MICH. (June 30, 2011…
Ed Trust-Midwest Comments on Gov. Snyder’s Education Speech
Contact info:Donnell Green, (248) 854-5297, [email protected] Arellano, (734) 277-5084, [email protected], MICH. (April 27, 2011…
Ed Trust-Midwest Statement on Detroit
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (February 24, 2011) – “Detroit’s devastating results on the science portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress underscore the …
“Cut Scores”
Contact info:Amber Arellano(734) [email protected];Donnell Green(248) [email protected] ANN ARBOR, MICH. -- (February 9…