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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.
Opinion | ‘The beatings will continue until you learn to read’
With a pause in school testing, now is the perfect time for Michigan to rethink its punitive third-grade reading law.
Opinion | Don’t send me back to school in Michigan coronavirus outbreak
The writer, a rising senior at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, argues that students should not have to choose between education and safety during an uncertain pandemic. Staying home is the best choice.
Opinion | Michigan's universities should take the lead to address inequities
One way to end discrimination and racism is to overcome fear and ignorance through direct engagement and understanding.
Opinion | Many colleges have waived ACT, SAT tests amid pandemic. Why hasn't U-M?
Requiring tests score for the fall 2020 application cycle creates an inequitable admission barrier that most negatively impacts urban and rural students amid a pandemic, the author writes.
Opinion | Stand up for Michigan children by saying no to school budget cuts
The state's school superintendent urges Michiganders to lobby Congress directly for funding that preserves educational services.
Opinion | How Michigan universities are collaborating to continue K-12 learning
Educators and researchers at the Michigan State University College of Education, the University of Michigan School of Education and the Wayne State University College of Education are redoubling our efforts to assist school districts, parents and children deal with the challenges posed during a global coronavirus pandemic.