Posted by: Posted On:20 Jan 2020
The Supreme Court of the United States this week will take up a case with the potential to rewrite the school choice landscape across the nation. The case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, has parents taking aim at anti-Catholic
Posted by: Posted On:8 Jan 2020
A new year is here, and with it a new set of challenges and opportunities to improve Michigan’s education policy and outcomes for our kids. While the legislature and policymakers make their way back to the state Capitol, GLEP is
Posted by: Posted On:16 Dec 2019
When public schools empower great public school teachers to put their students first, not the education bureaucracy or the local political boss, amazing things happen. According to striking new data from the Michigan Department of Education and reports filed by
Posted by: Posted On:3 Dec 2019
What’s more important for our kids – mastering skills and subject matter, or simply accumulating time spent sitting in a classroom? The answer may be obvious, but the question is at the center of a long-raging debate among education
Posted by: Posted On:20 Nov 2019
State law required the Michigan Department of Education to publish A-F letter grades for each of the state’s public school buildings by September 1, 2019. They said it couldn’t be done. They said the earliest anyone could generate these report
Posted by: Posted On:6 Nov 2019
November is National Scholarship Month and on the heels of a devastating public school funding cut from the Governor, it couldn’t come at a better time for Michigan’s kids. While officials in Detroit unveil sweeping new scholarship opportunities, the fight
Posted by: Posted On:21 Oct 2019
The tectonic plates under Michigan’s school choice landscape may be shifting, with school choice reality as we know it ready to shift. The United States Supreme Court recently announced their intention to hear oral arguments in a case called Espinoza
Posted by: Posted On:7 Oct 2019
Governor Gretchen Whitmer last week wielded her veto pen as a vicious weapon against kids in Detroit and the public school teachers who dedicate their lives to educate them. The Governor last Monday callously slashed $240 in annual per-pupil funding
Posted by: Posted On:17 Sep 2019
Last week the Michigan House and Senate announced plans to increase the state’s per-pupil school funding by up to $240 per student. The nearly $400 million budget jump for Michigan’s schools is great news for public school teachers and for
Posted by: Posted On:17 Sep 2019
Last week the Michigan House and Senate announced plans to increase the state’s per-pupil school funding by up to $240 per student. The nearly $400 million budget jump for Michigan’s schools is great news for public school teachers and for