Michigan Democrats, Republicans swap blame on schools after Bridge report

Michigan Democrats, Republicans swap blame on schools after Bridge report

Michigan’s reading scores have dropped to crisis levels in the past 10 years. Republicans blame Democrats for repealing reforms; Democrats say their new strategies need time to work.

Heading into August, and still no education budget in Michigan

Schools around Michigan will be back in session in a few weeks, but there’s no school budget in sight. K-12 Alliance of Michigan Director Robert McCann says the state Legislature should have had a budget by July 1. “We have really not only an indifference in terms of getting the budget done on time, we’ve seen leaders inside the Michigan Capitol kind of dismiss the concerns that schools have raised over this lack of budget certainty, but we also…