Posted by: Posted On:15 Sep 2020
Every school day matters for Michigan students, and one upcoming Tuesday in particular has a little extra significance. The summer is over and Election Day is now squarely in our sights. GLEP is working each and every day to support
Posted by: Posted On:1 Sep 2020
Students in Michigan need advocates now more than ever. All they’re getting from Governor Whitmer and local teachers unions are obstacles. The Governor, some local districts, and the state’s education bureaucrats refuse to do better, but we’re standing in that
Posted by: Posted On:17 Aug 2020
This fall is perhaps the most important of our lifetimes. Parents and students are scrambling to find educational options after many districts across the state opted this month to lock them out of the classroom for the start of the
Posted by: Posted On:4 Aug 2020
Superintendent Michael Rice last week told members of the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee that lawmakers should “freeze” students in schools, even those that refuse to open or to meet their unique educational needs this fall, in order to
Posted by: Posted On:21 Jul 2020
The coronavirus did not discriminate based on the kind of schools Michigan kids attend, and neither did the Governor’s executive order shuttering every school building in the state. That’s why the Great Lakes Education Project so strongly opposes a
Posted by: Posted On:7 Jul 2020
Michigan pediatricians and members of the Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MIAAP) just delivered groundbreaking news and encouragement to Governor Whitmer and lawmakers, that they safely get students back into the classroom for in-person learning this fall.
Posted by: 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
Posted by: 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
Posted by: 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
Posted by: Posted On:5 May 2020
This week we’re observing National Teacher Appreciation Week and we’re more grateful than ever for the incredible work Michigan’s talented and dedicated public charter school teachers are doing to keep their students engaged and learning in the midst of a