GLEP: Legislature Leads on Safely Getting Kids Back to School

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:23 Jun 2020

GLEP: Legislature Leads on Safely Getting Kids Back to School New School Year Rapidly Approaching, with No Direction Yet from Governor, Advisory Committee, COVID-19 School Task Force  LANSING – The Great Lakes Education Project today thanked members of the state


Getting kids back to school this fall will take leadership and a few bold ideas

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:22 Jun 2020

This column originally appeared in the Traverse City Record Eagle. Folks in Lansing can spend hours pointing fingers over the government’s various responses to the COVID-19 pandemic (just check Twitter), but with Michigan kids’ futures on the line, we’re more


GLEP Highlights Back-to-School Reforms Students, Teachers Deserve this Fall

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:19 Jun 2020

GLEP Highlights Back-to-School Reforms Students, Teachers Deserve this Fall New School Year Rapidly Approaching, with No Direction Yet from Governor, Advisory Committee, COVID-19 School Task Force LANSING – As students, parents and teachers continue waiting for direction from Governor Gretchen


GLEP Statement on Whitmer School Announcement

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:17 Jun 2020

GLEP Statement on Whitmer School Announcement Reformers Concerned Lack of Leadership Jeopardizes Kids’ Education LANSING – As Governor Gretchen Whitmer demanded parents wait weeks more before she releases her school re-start plans for the fall, Great Lakes Education Project Executive


Candidates Putting Our Kids First

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:17 Jun 2020

Across Michigan we’ve spent the last three months getting back to basics. More time with family. Less time (read: no time) in the office. Tight quarters and fewer activities. At GLEP, we’re focused on the “basics,” too. The simple truth


Great Lakes Education Project Proudly Endorses 3 Candidates for State House of Representatives

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:16 Jun 2020

Great Lakes Education Project Proudly Endorses 3 Candidates for State House of Representatives Third Wave of Candidates Earn GLEP’s Backing LANSING –The Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) today proudly endorsed Evan Agnello in the 41st District, David Martin in the


Great Lakes Education Project Proudly Endorses 30 Candidates for State House of Representatives

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:2 Jun 2020

Great Lakes Education Project Proudly Endorses 30 Candidates for State House of Representatives Second Wave of Candidates Earn GLEP’s Backing LANSING –The Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) today proudly endorsed 30 lawmakers for re-election  to the state House of Representatives. 


Michigan Trails Rest of Nation – with Zero Plan to Re-Open Schools

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:2 Jun 2020

School buildings have been closed for more than two months, and districts statewide have submitted “continuity of learning plans” for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Education have yet to


Michigan lags in a path forward for schools

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:26 May 2020

This column originally appeared in the Detroit News. School buildings have been closed for more than two months, and districts statewide have submitted “continuity of learning plans” for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and


Two Months of Silence in Schools, and From Governor Whitmer

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:18 May 2020

Michigan parents and teachers continue doing selfless and often heroic work in the face of the COVID-19 public health crisis, but as the weeks away from the classroom add up, student advocates are looking ahead to the looming education crisis