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For Michigan to truly be a place that supports all students’ needs and where every student has the opportunity to succeed, we need to make sure our collective voices are heard. Learn more about our efforts to close the opportunity and achievement gaps among Michigan’s students. Together, we can move toward our goal of making Michigan a national leader in public education, where all children achieve at high levels, regardless of race, gender, disability, family income, native language or geography.
Testimony before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on PreK-12
Testifying: Jeff Cobb, director of government affairs, EdTrust-Midwest and Alice Thompson, co-chair, Michigan Partnership for Equity and Opportunity 1.27.26 Jeff Cobb: Good morning and thank you for the invitation to testify. My name is Jeff Cobb, and I am the Director of Government Affairs for EdTrust-Midwest, a nonprofit that works to close opportunity gaps for Michigan students. I am joined by Alice Thompson, chair of [...]
Opinion: 5 things Michigan policymakers can do to support students
Policymakers and state leaders have long shared a goal to make Michigan a top-10 education state and have made investments in public education in an effort to make progress toward that goal in the past three years. But for Michigan to truly improve, our state policymakers must ensure that all groups of students — no matter their background or [...]
Statement by the statewide, non-partisan coalition, Michigan Partnership for Equity and Opportunity, on planned changes to U.S. Department of Education
Since his election, President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. The new U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in her first hours in the role this week sent an email to staff titled “Our Department’s Final Mission.” In that memo she said her vision is “aligned with the President’s: to send education [...]
Letter to Michigan Speaker of the House: Senate Bills 567 and 568
Representative Joe Tate The Honorable Speaker of the House Dear Speaker Tate, As you prepare your list of priorities for the remainder of the year, we urge you to include Senate Bills 567 and 568 which make the critical changes needed to improve the Read by Grade Three law. Michigan is facing a reading crisis among early elementary students. [...]
FY 2025 School Aid Budget Builds Upon Historic School Funding Progress for Students who are Underserved
State leaders propose historic funding again in FY 25 for English Learners, while supporting greater investment for students from low-income backgrounds DETROIT (June 27, 2024) – Amid a tight budget cycle, The Michigan Partnership for Equity and Opportunity (MPEO) coalition applauded investments in the proposed FY 2025 School Aid budget that built upon historic school funding wins for students who are the [...]
Testimony before the House Education Committee on Dyslexia
Good morning, Representatives, and thank you for allowing me to testify in favor of Senate Bills 567 and 568. My name is Ben Locke, and I’m the Michigan Executive Director of Teach Plus, an education nonprofit that seeks to empower excellent, experienced, and diverse teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that advance equity, opportunity, and [...]