A yearlong study published in July commissioned by the state for $500,000 claims Michigan needs to make sweeping changes to education governance at the state level, including giving the governor more influence in education policy and creating a consistent strategy to improve academics among students.
The report, commissioned with funding allocated by the state Legislature in 2024, finds that the main players in the current system of governance around education — with the governor's office, Michigan Department of Education, State Board of Education and state Legislature —"are simply not working well together," leading to negative impacts on the state's schoolchildren.
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