In this month’s @crainsdetroit Forum, I look at the one of more complex hurdles to achieving education funding equity in Michigan: Higher tax school districts that got a special deal to be better-funded 27 years ago when lawmakers wrote Proposal A.
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ALERT for school boards and administrators in Michigan who have built up $2.8B in fund balances: The Legislature might be coming for it.
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Barton Malow exec Doug Maibach: Time to overhaul #Michigan's arbitrary school-funding model
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Detroit and Flint charter school administrators# Madeline Black:
Education equity an 'empty notion' for charter school kids in Michigan
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West Michigan businessman and GOP mega donor:
Mike Jandernoa: Shield vulnerable K-12 students from harshest funding cuts
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Q&A with @Detroitk12 Superintendent @Dr_Vitti:
Southfield schools get $3,000 more per student than neighboring Detroit’s school district — and why it matters
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This is Gardenia Avenue in Madison Heights, a stark dividing line for education equity in Detroit's suburbs.
On one side of the street, kids get $8,111/year in taxpayer support for their education. On the other, kids get $10,789 or 33% more.
Here’s why: crainsdetroit.com/crains-forum/a…
Getting technology for remote learning into hands of students a challenge as 40% of #Detroit families lack internet access
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via @annalise_frank & @crainsdetroit
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As the new school year approaches in Michigan, one thing is clear: Remote learning will play a bigger role than it ever has, and it won't work for everyone.
@kurt_nagl breaks down the issue in #CrainsForum:
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via @crainsdetroit
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Read the @crainsdetroit e-edition free without paywall here:
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My chat this morning with @SHDetroit on @wdet about why achieving education funding equity is difficult in Michigan
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