MEA Votes

While most in public education are working hard to stop a $218 per pupil funding cut from coming to pass, Michigan’s charter school advocates are rallying at the Capitol today to expand their ranks as part of ongoing school reform efforts – despite consistent research that shows increasing the number of charter schools will do nothing to help struggling schools or students.

Hundreds of people have testified at MEA-sponsored public hearings about the dropout crisis. They've shared many good ideas as well as specific examples of effective programs that target at-risk students.

We've heard about dozens of exciting programs that help students stay in school or reengage students who've dropped out.

Part of the problem is that some programs are fairly isolated. People don't always know they exist. At the community level, we need to build good programs into a tightly knit network that doesn't allow kids to fall through the cracks.