Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center, Grand Rapids, MI (Photo: Erik Holladay)
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Strong Start, Strong Teachers: Supporting Teacher Preparation Programs for a Brighter Future
SummaryMichigan’s teacher workforce is at a turning point.Enrollment in teacher preparation programs is rising after years of decline, a promising sign for the…
Strong Start, Strong Teachers: Supporting Teacher Preparation Programs for a Brighter Future
As Michigan faces a teacher shortage problem in classrooms across the state, new analyses reveal a troubling gap in the rate of teachers who enroll in teacher …
Hope and Hard Work Ahead: Building a Strong and Diverse Teacher Workforce for Michigan’s Students
SummaryEvery Michigan student deserves access to a strong and diverse teacher workforce. And all teachers should be highly-trained and well-supported throughou…
New Analyses: Michigan in Bottom Ten in Nation for School Funding Weights for Students from Low-Income Backgrounds Amid Greatest Threat to Public Education in Decades
Amid the greatest threat to public education in decades and continued sluggish recovery for Michigan student learning following the pandemic, a diverse biparti…
Closing the Opportunity Divide: Addressing Michigan’s Teacher Shortage Problem for Students Most in Need
Michigan’s students who are the most underserved face the highest rates of inexperienced teachers, teachers who have emergency or temporary credentials, and ed…
2024 State of Michigan Education Report: Seven Decades after Brown – Devastating Inequities, Unfair School Funding – and Reasons for Hope
Seven decades after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education, Michigan students of color continue to face devastating educational ineq…
Educational Recovery and Acceleration through Equitable Funding: How Michigan’s Budget Can Improve Outcomes for all Students
All students deserve access to a high-quality education and the resources they need to thrive. However, in Michigan this has not been the reality for far too l…
Eliminating the Opportunity Gaps: Creating a Truly Fair and Equitable Funding System
Michigan has long had one of the most regressive school funding formulas, according to state and national research.In fact, Michigan is underfunding students f…
2023 State of Michigan Education Report: Beyond the Pandemic
In every classroom across our great state – from Monroe to Manistee and Mt. Pleasant to Marquette – every Michigan student deserves access and opportunity to t…
Still Stalled: 2022 State of Michigan Education Report
Michigan's education performance is projected to position the state's youngest students farther behind other states' students for early reading by 2030 if Mich…
Engine of Inequality: Michigan’s Education System
Every student deserves access and opportunity to the educational resources and support that they need to achieve and fully realize their unique potential. Fair…
Rebuilding Equitably: Overcoming Educational Inequity through Michigan’s Budget
The past year has demonstrated the fragility of Michigan’s public education system and longstanding inequities, amid the rapidly evolving global pandemic. One …
The Urgency of Now: Michigan’s Educational Recovery
As Michigan and the nation continue to grapple with the ongoing, devastating impacts of COVID-19, a new poll finds that 85% of Michigan parents polled say the …
A Marshall Plan: Reimagining Michigan Public Education
Over the last decade, our State of Michigan Public Education Report has marked annually Michigan’s progress and performance based on important data-driven meas…
Michigan’s School Funding: Crisis and Opportunity
Michigan’s public education system is facing a crisis by many important measures. Compared to other U.S. states, Michigan ranks sixth from the bottom for educa…
Opportunity for All
Today, Michigan ranks among the bottom states in the nation for key metrics of student learning and success.Not only is Michigan failing to close the performan…
Advancing Equity & Opportunity: Prioritizing Public Education in Michigan’s State Budget
Over the past several years, state leaders and the general public have recognized the serious and growing crisis in Michigan public education.During the last f…
