School Counselors Matter
Read moreSupporting the academic and social-emotional success and well-being of students is a critical role for the team of educators that interact with Michigan studen…
Improving access to dual enrollment and more from The Education Trust Midwest
Read moreCollege in high school programs are powerful vehicles for improving student success and launching students on a pathway to degree completion. Often, dual enrol…
It’s Time To Rise and more from The Education Trust Midwest
Read moreLast week, more than 200 Michiganders joined at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History to discuss inequities in Michigan public education and…
Special Edition: Opportunity for All: 2019 State of Michigan Education Conference & Update
Read moreHundreds of Michiganders will join together this morning at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History to discuss inequities in Michigan public e…
A new year, a new moment for public education in Michigan
Read moreFriend,In so many ways, 2019 holds the potential to create a new moment for advancing public education for all students in Michigan.Following eight years of si…
Michigan Legislature Adopts School Accountability Framework
Read moreChallenging Work of Implementation, Improvement, Now BeginsROYAL OAK, Mich. (Dec. 19, 2018) – Ensuring that Michigan parents and community leaders have access …
A Not-So Lame Duck Update & A Call for Educational Equity
Read moreThis will be the final update from The Education Trust-Midwest for 2018 with updates resuming on January 8, 2019. We hope that you will join us on January 16, …
Improving teacher prep in Michigan, Lame Duck update & more from Ed Trust-Midwest. Update for Dec. 11, 2018
Read moreLast week, the Michigan House of Representatives passed five bills aimed at improving teacher preparation in Michigan. The bills - supported by The Education T…
Standing up for the right to literacy & equal educational opportunity for Detroit students
Read moreLast week, we joined with advocates throughout Michigan and across the country in supporting the right of Detroit students to have access to a quality educatio…
Education Election Recap, News, Updates & More. Update for Nov. 13, 2018
Read moreLast week, Michiganders went to the polls in historic numbers to vote for state and local races and ballot measures. Outcomes of several key races will shape p…
Your Guide to Education Elections in Michigan, news & more from Ed Trust-Midwest
Read moreToday is election day in Michigan! Locate your polling place and view a sample ballot here (click here for mobile devices).Several key races today will have an…
Standing Up To Hate & More Changes In Store for 8th Grade Testing. Oct. 30 update from Ed Trust-Midwest
Read moreFollowing the tragic events of last week, we have reposted an August 2017 article from Amber Arellano, originally responding to the Unite the Right rally in Ch…
Why aren’t kids being taught to read? and more from Ed Trust-Midwest – Oct. 23
Read moreThe following excerpt is from "Hard Words: Why aren't kids being taught to read?" by APM Reports earlier this fall. For the full article and podcast, click her…
Boosting Educational Excellence and how Race, Place & Policy Matter in Education – Mich. Ed. Update for Oct. 16
Read moreLeaders from Michigan’s foundation and civic communities came together last week for the Council of Michigan Foundation’s 46th Annual Conference. The conferenc…
Mich. Ed. Update-Oct 9
Read moreSupport from the Bosch Community Fund will help improve the quality of teaching and learning in Michigan schools. The two-year, $50,000 grant will provide supp…
Lifting the Veil: Michigan’s Uncounted
Read moreAll students matters and every student should count. Yet Michigan routinely fails to count nearly 100,000 students and minimizes the importance of tens of thou…
Mich. Ed. Update for Oct. 2
Read moreThe Education Trust-Midwest is pleased to announce our support for three bills that will ensure that Michigan students have access to school libraries and cert…
Ensuring Civil Rights & Liberties Education, News & More – Mich. Ed. Update for Sept. 25
Read moreSetting high expectations for all students is critical for ensuring equity in education. And once set, students and teachers need support and time to grow and …
Mich. Ed. Update – Sept. 18
Read moreProposed law largely removes data from educator feedbackMichigan lawmakers recently began to consider a proposal to significantly reduce the use of data in edu…
Mich Ed Update – Sept 5
Read moreBack to School As Michigan students, teachers and administrators head back to school we wish everyone a very successful school year!Equity and Transparency: Cr…
