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Opinion | Fund the child, not the ZIP code, in Michigan school budget
A Michigan superintendent takes issue with a recent Bridge guest commentary that argued for equal, rather than equitable, school funding.
Opinion | Enough is enough – don’t fix Michigan's roads with classroom dollars
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey’s idea doesn’t fix the damn roads – it kicks the can down the damn road.
Opinion | School equity proposal exacerbates system of winners vs. losers
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s $1 million school research collaborative has drawn widespread support statewide. There’s one problem: It doesn’t even the playing field.
Opinion | Michigan school libraries are still in limbo. Why?
Michigan cut back on school librarians during the recession. It’s time to bring them back.
Opinion | Want Michigan kids to learn science? Take them outside.
There’s a growing movement to take students out of the classroom and into nature to learn about the environment and nature. That’s happening in schools and programs around Michigan.
Michigan Teacher of the Year: Bring teachers into reform talks
Cara Lougheed, an English and history teacher from Rochester Hills, says she’s skeptical of school rating systems yet understands the desire among parents to evaluate schools in their community.
Opinion | Don’t let the summer sun melt academic gains
Students lose about a month of learning over the course of the summer. There are ways to stop that brain drain.
Opinion | Michigan high schools should require college financial aid literacy
Rep. Darrin Camilleri may not have been able to afford college if he didn’t figure out how to fill out a federal financial aid form called the FAFSA. He’s now pushing to make the form a high school requirement.
Opinion | Please, Gov. Whitmer, fix Benton Harbor High. Don’t close it.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to close the high school in Benton Harbor because of low academic achievement and high debt. A State Board of Education member (and fellow Democrat) makes a case for investing in the struggling district, rather than closing the high school.
Opinion | Advice for the new Michigan superintendent, from a former one
Former state superintendent Tom Watkins offers some words of wisdom to Michael Rice, who’ll take over as Michigan’s school chief in July.
Opinion | Gov. Whitmer’s school budget helps students succeed
The current school funding model is broken. The plan laid out by Michigan’s new governor begins to fix it.
Opinion | Michigan shouldn’t scrap arts requirement for high school
Bills now in the Legislature would allow students to substitute career tech for art. That’s a problem if we want to build well-rounded adults.
Opinion | Schools and researchers must collaborate to help Detroit students
Detroit neighborhoods with higher rates of asthma have higher school absenteeism. One in five students switched schools during the year. Data can be a valuable tool when researchers are in touch with a city’s challenges.
Opinion | Gov. Whitmer’s education plan will help Michigan schools like mine
A middle school principal makes a pitch for Gretchen Whitmer’s plan for more school funding, and different ways of splitting up those dollars
Opinion | Michigan schools must stop ignoring gifted education
Eliminating gifted education programs has hurt individuals, and Michigan’s economy
Opinion | Michigan must fix school funding model for students to shine
As an immigrant and a legislator, Padma Kuppa writes that she knows the value of an education, and Michigan needs to invest more.
Opinion| Michigan schools need a fairer funding model for all students
One of the five candidates in the running to become the next Michigan State Superintendent explains why he backs a study calling for more education funding.
Opinion | Calm down, Michigan, the sky isn’t falling, nor is school funding
Michigan Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, penned a guest commentary questioning the Mackinac Center for Public Policy’s views on school funding. Here’s the Mackinac Center’s response.
Opinion | Don’t believe the hype – Michigan school funding is down, not up
Dayna Polehanki was a school teacher before becoming a state senator, and she argues that Republicans are being disingenuous when they say education funding is at an all-time high.
Opinion | No teacher shortage yet in Michigan, but the talent pipeline is leaking
Fewer college students are considering careers in teaching, and new teachers flee the profession at a high rate. Michigan needs to address those issues.