What worked in 2020 and what needs work in 2021 for 12 Michigan schools Updated Jan 10, 2021; Facebook Share As Michigan’s teachers and students ramp up for the second half of a challenging school year, the holiday break has offered school leaders a chance to reflect on their fall semester successes and where improvements are needed. While superintendents throughout the state have lauded the flexibility of students, teachers and parents in moving between different learning formats amid the COVID-19 pandemic, they are seeing a “light at the end of the tunnel” with teachers now eligible to begin being vaccinated. Here are 12 districts’ takes on what measures have worked and what their leaders hope to do a better job at in the second half of the year to get K-12 education back on track.