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View Comments LANSING — In a normal year around this time, thousands of students across Michigan would be quietly filling in bubbles on the state’s standardized test. As with all things education and COVID, it’s a little different this year. In 2020, with the virus still new and unknown, the U.S. Department of Education waived its requirement that schools administer state summative assessments. That included the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress, otherwise known as t...

May 12, 2021 By Sherwin Francies, College of Education A Washington State University College of Education professor has been invited to be a part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics Standing Committee. Professor of mathematics education Amy Roth McDuffie accepted a two-year appointment to the committee to develop the 2026 NAEP assessment. “It is an honor to be asked to join as a committee member and this assessment is critically important for our nation,” s...

Blumenauer, Ruiz add support for Oregon civics education Democracy is fragile, congressman says as he proposes $1 billion in federal grants for efforts. U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer and state Rep. Ricki Ruiz have added their voices in support of civics education in Oregon high schools. Blumenauer, a Democrat from Oregons 3rd District, is sponsoring the USA Civics Act to provide $1 billion in federal grants to encourage Oregon and other states to require civics education. Ruiz, a Democrat...

Publications Never lose a debate with a global warming alarmist!   May 7, 2021 Education Choice Associated With Higher NAEP Achievement Levels, Higher Gains A March 2021 report from the School Choice Demonstration Project at the University of Arkansas finds that states with higher levels of education choice, or “education freedom,” are associated with higher achievement levels and higher achievement gains on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, colloquially known as...

By Syndicated Content By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A much lower percentage of Black, Hispanic and Asian secondary school students are enrolled in full-time, in-person learning in the United States than their white peers, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said on Thursday. “Even when offered in-person options, many Black, Hispanic, and Asian students, as well as multilingual learners and students with disabilities, are still learning fully remote,” Cardona s...

Michigan lawmakers have yet to further delay Michigans tough third grade reading retention law, despite legislative efforts that would do so and growing advocacy pushing them in that direction. The rule would require schools to hold back third graders whose state test scores indicate they are a year or more behind in reading. It was set to take effect in 2020, but was put on hold because of the pandemic. Subscribe Democrats in the Michigan Senate introduced legislation March 4 that would suspen...

By Terence P. Jeffrey | May 5, 2021 | 4:10am EDT (Photo by William Gottlieb/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Here is one demonstrable fact about the difference between Catholic and public schools: Students who study at Catholic schools do better in reading and math. We know this because students who attended Catholic elementary schools in 2019 tested better in mathematics and reading than students who attended public schools. The latest issue of the Digest of ...

I believe that in order for Michigan to both address the needs of underserved children and to center on equity and excellence in education, we MUST reinvest in the school libraries in our state. Kathy Lester is a school library media specialist in Plymouth-Canton Schools, and past president of the Michigan Association for Media in Education. (Courtesy photo) There are multiple studies that show the presence of a school library staffed by a certified school lib...

Less than a quarter of U.S. high school seniors demonstrate proficiency in civics, and just 12 percent meet that standard for U.S. history.

READ: McConnell letter to the Education Department regarding 1619 Project programs CNN 10 hrs ago By CNN © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks from his office to the Senate Chamber for the fifth day of former President Donald Trumps impeachment trial at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. House impeachment managers asked the senate Saturday for the ability to question witnesses ...