Equity-Driven • Data-Centered • Student-Focused
Intentionally Successful: New Mini-Brief Finds College Efforts to Increase Student Success Work
Contact info:Blair Mann202-293-1217, x. [email protected] of new data on four-year colleges highlights efforts to increase graduation rates for stud…
New Analyses Examine State Track Records in Performance and Improvement
Contact info:Blair MannThe Education Trust202-293-1217, x. [email protected] ZemanDirector of Content and CommunicationsThe Education Trust – Midwestdz…
Huge achievement gaps remain in Michigan high school performance
ROYAL OAK, MICH. (June 24, 2013) – Michigan’s high school students gained almost no ground in the last year on the Michigan Merit Exam and ACT – the assessment…
Failing charter operators keep expanding in Michigan
Contact info:David ZemanDirector of Content and [email protected] - 734.619.8008, ext. 308c - 248.210.8476Good ones opening, too. But st…
Strong business and education support for Common Core in Michigan
Contact info:David ZemanDirector of Content and [email protected] - 734.619.8008, ext. 308c - 248.210.8476ROYAL OAK, MICH. (May 3, 2013)…
Rising MEAP scores, but enduring achievement gaps in Michigan
Contact info:David ZemanDirector of Content and [email protected] - 734.619.8008, ext. 308c - 248.210.8476ROYAL OAK, Mich. (February 11,…
Michigan residents support Ed Trust-Midwest agenda, saying supporting teachers is best route to improving education, Center for Michigan study shows
Contact info:David ZemanDirector of Content and [email protected] - 734.619.8008, ext. 308c - 248.210.8476ROYAL OAK, Mich. (January 22, …
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 …