Meeting the Moment: 2025 State of Michigan Education Report
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| Title: | Meeting the Moment: 2025 State of Michigan Education Report |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | EdTrust-Midwest |
| Source: | Education Trust-Midwest. 2025. |
| Availability: | Education Trust-Midwest. 301 East Liberty Street Suite 650, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Tel: 734-619-8008; Fax: 734-619-8009; Web site: https://midwest.edtrust.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Ballmer Group W.K. Kellogg Foundation Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Kresge Foundation Skillman Foundation Joyce Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Public Education, Educational Finance, State Aid, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Funding Formulas, Educational Innovation, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Low Income Students, Students with Disabilities, English Learners, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Educational Equity (Finance), College Readiness, Career Readiness |
| Geographic Terms: | Michigan, California, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Indiana |
| Abstract: | Five years after the worst pandemic in a century, America's students continue to face significant learning losses resulting from the disruptions. In Michigan, students also continue to feel the impact of the pandemic. And today, their learning outcomes lag behind leading states in key subject areas. Michigan's lackluster performance has been the result of underinvestment in public schools for more than two decades. The pandemic was devastating for children across the country, but due to Michigan's lack of investment over the years, schools were not well positioned to recover academically and, unsurprisingly, pandemic recovery is not going well. Students and their families -- particularly students from low-income backgrounds -- are bearing the brunt of the cost of Michigan's chronic disinvestment. Despite improvements in Michigan's school funding in recent years, Michigan still ranks in the bottom ten states in funding weights for students from low-income backgrounds, but in the top ten states when it comes to the foundation allowance -- or amount that districts receive for every student, according to an updated analysis by EdTrust-Midwest. To make sure students from every background have the opportunity to achieve at high levels, Michigan leaders should invest intentionally -- not simply increase overall funding. Instead, policymakers should specifically target resources to students in the state with the greatest needs. These investments take on greater urgency amid changes happening at the federal level. Michigan's public schools face great uncertainty as President Donald Trump's administration begins to make sweeping changes to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, which works to close gaps in school funding for states and acts as a watchdog to ensure students of every background have access to public education. The planned changes could have a devastating impact on hundreds of thousands of Michigan's students, especially students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, first-time college-goers who are applying for financial aid, and multilingual learners -- all of whom benefit from crucial federal funding and support. EdTrust-Midwest's latest State of Michigan Education report, "Meeting the Moment," explores the data, research and the reasons leading up to the academic crisis seen today for students across the state. This report also explores research-based solutions necessary to protect students and help students recover and accelerate. Now is the time for collective leadership across sectors to meet the moment, especially for vulnerable students who have been underserved for decades. [Additional support provided by Community Foundation for Muskegon County and DTE Energy Foundation.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED675146 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Five years after the worst pandemic in a century, America's students continue to face significant learning losses resulting from the disruptions. In Michigan, students also continue to feel the impact of the pandemic. And today, their learning outcomes lag behind leading states in key subject areas. Michigan's lackluster performance has been the result of underinvestment in public schools for more than two decades. The pandemic was devastating for children across the country, but due to Michigan's lack of investment over the years, schools were not well positioned to recover academically and, unsurprisingly, pandemic recovery is not going well. Students and their families -- particularly students from low-income backgrounds -- are bearing the brunt of the cost of Michigan's chronic disinvestment. Despite improvements in Michigan's school funding in recent years, Michigan still ranks in the bottom ten states in funding weights for students from low-income backgrounds, but in the top ten states when it comes to the foundation allowance -- or amount that districts receive for every student, according to an updated analysis by EdTrust-Midwest. To make sure students from every background have the opportunity to achieve at high levels, Michigan leaders should invest intentionally -- not simply increase overall funding. Instead, policymakers should specifically target resources to students in the state with the greatest needs. These investments take on greater urgency amid changes happening at the federal level. Michigan's public schools face great uncertainty as President Donald Trump's administration begins to make sweeping changes to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, which works to close gaps in school funding for states and acts as a watchdog to ensure students of every background have access to public education. The planned changes could have a devastating impact on hundreds of thousands of Michigan's students, especially students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, first-time college-goers who are applying for financial aid, and multilingual learners -- all of whom benefit from crucial federal funding and support. EdTrust-Midwest's latest State of Michigan Education report, "Meeting the Moment," explores the data, research and the reasons leading up to the academic crisis seen today for students across the state. This report also explores research-based solutions necessary to protect students and help students recover and accelerate. Now is the time for collective leadership across sectors to meet the moment, especially for vulnerable students who have been underserved for decades. [Additional support provided by Community Foundation for Muskegon County and DTE Energy Foundation.] |
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