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Governor:Rick Snyder
State Superintendent of Public Instruction:Michael Flanagan
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:1,584,768
Number of school districts:844
Number of public schools:3,877
Number of public school teachers:88,615
Unadjusted education spending per student:$10,447
Percent minority students:30.2%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:45.4%
Percent of students with disabilities:13.7%
Percent of English-language learners:3.6%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:34.8%
8th grade math:30.8%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:31.2%
8th grade reading:32.1%

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Michigan education officials are pushing legislation that includes online lessons as part of a package of new requirements for high school graduation. If state lawmakers approve the bill, which was introduced late last month, the mandate would be the first of its kind in the nation, state officials there believe.
February 3, 2006 - Education Week
Residents of Kalamazoo, Mich., learned last month of a windfall that most parents can only dream about: A group of anonymous donors pledged college scholarships to every graduate of the city’s high schools, starting with the class of 2006.
December 6, 2005 - Education Week
A roundup of key education-related races in cities across the nation.
November 9, 2005 - Education Week (Web)
Detroit residents are voting this week for the city’s first elected school board in six years, but local observers said it was unclear how the change would affect the struggling school district.
November 8, 2005 - Education Week
Many state budgets are reaping the benefits of tax revenues that are rising faster than at any time since the economic slowdown ended.
July 12, 2005 - Education Week
States and school districts may be required to spend their own money to comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act if they choose to accept federal funds under the law, the Bush administration argues in its formal reply to a lawsuit by the National Education Association.
June 30, 2005 - Education Week (Web)
A long-running legal battle over the scheduling of high school girls’ sports in Michigan entered a new round last week as the U.S. Supreme Court sent the gender-equity case back to a federal appeals court for reconsideration.
May 10, 2005 - Education Week
Michigan educators recently got a lesson in how to benchmark their work against promising practices in higher-performing schools with similar socioeconomic profiles. Michael Stewart and Larry Fieber of Standard & Poor’s School Evaluation Services led the first of several two-day workshops, March 21-22. The second took place April 11-12.
May 3, 2005 - Education Week
A breakdown in contract negotiations between the Denver school district and its main teachers’ union may cloud the future of a widely watched plan for revamping how teachers there are paid.
April 12, 2005 - Education Week
Under pressure from Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction Thomas D. Watkins Jr. has agreed to step down.
February 8, 2005 - Education Week

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