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Education Trust-Midwest applauds Michigan high-growth charter schools; shares concerns about low-growth charters highlighted by CREDO research study
Contact info:David ZemanDirector of Content and [email protected] - 734.619.8008, ext. 308c - 248.210.8476ROYAL OAK, MICH. (January 15,…
Michigan Education Achievement Authority statement by W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Contact info:Dana [email protected] the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) we are committed to creating conditions that prepare children f…
NEW REPORT: Our schools need help to better support and evaluate Michigan teachers
ROYAL OAK, Mich. - Michigan teachers are our education system’s most valuable asset. And yet as a state, we’ve neglected to make major investments in building …
Executive Director Amber Arellano’s testimony to the Michigan Legislature on Education Achievement Authority legislation
Contact info:David ZemanDirector of Content and [email protected] - 734.619.8008, ext. 308c - 248.210.8476LANSING, Mich. (November 19, 2…
Education Trust-Midwest: State should increase standards, not make it easier for schools to be deemed ‘proficient’
Publication date:November 7 2012Amber Arellano is executive director of the Education Trust-Midwest, a Royal Oak-based school advocacy group.The group has serv…
Statement by Education Trust-Midwest on Michigan Merit Curriculum study
Contact info:David ZemanDirector of Content and [email protected] - 734.619.8008, ext. 308c - 248.210.8476ROYAL OAK, Mich. (October 22, …
NEW REPORT: Giving Michigan teachers the support they deserve
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (September 20, 2012) - Teachers, like all hard-working professionals, want to get better.Last year, for the first time, every Michigan public …
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…