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Opinion | As we plan for life post-pandemic, let's pivot to a new normal
It’s not just pre-pandemic lessons from which we need to draw. We also need to learn from lessons from the pandemic, Michigan's superintendent writes.
Opinion | It's time to move to personalized learning for all students
The pandemic has illuminated the need for Michigan to change its education system, this former superintendent writes.
Opinion | Counting children in the pandemic
Local schools and school districts should continue to work with the widest range of community partners—faith-based institutions, social service agencies, law enforcement, and others—to ensure that every child in each community is receiving an education.
Opinion | Michigan’s leaders can act now to mitigate learning losses
To ensure that Michigan’s vulnerable students and families receive the support they need and deserve, we urge Michigan leaders to invest immediately in the most effective, highest leverage research-based strategies to begin to address troubling inequities.
Opinion | Michigan colleges fighting to survive — for students and communities
Channeling the grit of the students they serve, Michigan’s community colleges are fighting to stay open amid a pandemic that has upended postsecondary education.
Opinion | Federal higher ed relief urgently needed for Michigan students
Federal funding is about to run out, and with them, a backbone of economic support for the state of Michigan.
Opinion | What Lansing got right: working together to educate more in Michigan
Honoring essential workers with free tuition is good public policy.
Opinion | Dear Betsy DeVos and Michigan lawmakers: Here's what educators need
Remote learning is not the 'tragedy' that is playing out. The real tragedy is the lack of national commitment to supporting public education and educators.
Opinion | Education is failing in the coronavirus pandemic
COVID cases are on the rise again, and despite our best efforts, the current in-person models of opening and closing schools don’t seem sustainable long-term.
Opinion | COVID-19 highlights Michigan's broken school funding model
The new school year began under an obsolete school funding approach that disregards the unique needs of students and threatens our state’s economic resurgence.
Opinion | Revenue goals lurk behind decision to hold Big Ten college football games amid pandemic
Big Ten college football is set to begin Oct. 24. A professor of sport management at the University of Michigan addresses some benefits and potential drawbacks of playing football too soon.
First Person | I opened schools early. Then COVID struck. I stand by the call.
No doubt, the coronavirus is dangerous, but so is social isolation, writes a superintendent, whose district had the first student in northern Michigan test positive for COVID-19.
Opinion | No cuts for schools is good news; more work needed on fair funding
This is the time to commit to a fairer funding system that moves Michigan from its position as one of the least fair states for educational opportunity.
First Person | Back to school in Michigan: Too new, weird and heartbreaking
An 11th-grader in Beaverton in central Michigan returns to school. Mask compliance is shaky. Emotions are raw. And students and teachers are doing their best to cope with a bizarre new reality.
Opinion | Michigan colleges should move online to help K-12 schools reopen
As a state, we should be focused on bringing our infection rates down so that the students who need face-to-face education the most are able to safely receive in-person education as soon as possible, the president of the AFT-Michigan argues.
Opinion | Hybrid, remote, blended learning. What parents need to know. Now.
Learning shouldn’t just be about where learning takes place, it should be about student achievement and understanding, a Michigan principal writes, in his advice to parents.
Opinion | After a fellow Black girl was detained for not doing her schoolwork, I fought for her freedom
At 17, I find this work daunting but essential.
Opinion | Parents want options for school reopening plans amid COVID
Surveys make it clear that Michigan parents have strong, different views on how children should return to education this fall. Schools should respond by offering options.
Opinion | Michigan educators like me must be heard in school reopening talks
A veteran public school teacher loves his job and his students, but has strong reservations about returning to in-person learning without safety assurances.
Opinion | Whitmer’s school reopening plan puts student, teacher safety first
The state’s roadmap for school reopening during the pandemic allows flexibility for communities to make their own decisions, while requiring safety protocols meant to help stem the spread of COVID-19, says AFT teacher union president David Hecker.