Grand Rapids Child Discovery Center, Grand Rapids, MI (Photo: Erik Holladay)
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OPPORTUNITIES IN MICHIGAN’S STATE BUDGET: ADVANCING EQUITY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
In little more than a decade, Michigan has gone from a fairly average state to the bottom ten states for key subjects on the national assessment.It’s a devasta…
Michigan’s Talent Crisis: The Economic Case For Rebuilding Michigan’s Broken Public Education System
Michigan is at great crossroads – a historic moment when our citizens and leaders must choose whether we will take advantage of major new opportunities to beco…
Michigan Achieves: Summary
To become a top ten education state by 2030, Michigan needs to focus on and invest in the highest leverage strategies and learning opportunities for students. …
Massachusetts Fact Sheet
Massachusetts State Strategy Brief Published: July 15, 2014
Tennessee Fact Sheet
Tennessee State Strategy Brief Published: July 15, 2014
Stalled to Soaring: Michigan’s Path to Educational Recovery
State of Michigan Education report — “Stalled to Soaring: Michigan’s Path to Educational Recovery” — is the result of months of research and a year of Ed Trus…
Invest in What Works: An Education Road Map for Michigan Leaders
As an organization made up of Michiganders, we know well how our parents once prided themselves on the quality of our state’s public schools. Sadly, we have li…
Good for Teachers, Good for Students: The Need for Smart Teacher Evaluation in Michigan
As Michigan student achievement continues to fall behind a growing number of other states, it’s clear that Michigan needs to support teachers better to improve…
Strengthening Michigan’s Teaching Force
Michigan teachers have one of the most important roles in our state’s and children’s future. Yet as a state, we have neglected to build strong feedback and sup…
Michigan No Child Left Behind Waiver Analysis
The U.S. Department of Education has offered Michigan a rare opportunity to devise new educational systems that better serve our state’s students, families and…
What Our Students Deserve: Facing the Truth About Education in the Great Lakes State
An honest look at public education in Michigan reveals both hopeful and dismal news. While our state has taken a few bold steps in the past year to improve our…
Becoming a Leader in Education: An Agenda for Michigan
Despite Michigan’s rich history of entrepreneurship and innovation, the state now trails most others both economically and educationally. This inaugural report…
Big Gaps Small Gaps in Serving African American Students
We’ve been digging beneath the averages and looking at data from individual institutions in our College Results Online database. We’ve found that some institut…
Big Gaps Small Gaps in Serving Hispanic Students
To improve degree attainment among Hispanic students,colleges and universities simply must enroll more of them. But it’s just as important that these instituti…
2009 Education Watch State Reports: Michigan
Published: April 5, 2009
