Current event issues in education

Cody GonyeauEDU 290 Tu,Th 9:30Dr. Dirkin

Michigan State House of Representative lawmakers look to more public education reforms

Ryan StevensDetroit Statehouse examineer

Michigan legislature did not pass for the federal educational grant-Race

to the Top dollars.

Why is this Issue Important??

The Michigan public school have been hurting financially, experiencing a deal of budget

cuts.

The state legislature was hoping to be one of the states that could be promoted with this

educational grant which would have saved a lot of jobs

The U.S. Department of Education demanded to document past educational reform success.

The state legislature was also asked to outline plans for what the money will be used for towards the public

school systems in Michigan

The states that won the Race to the Top Educational Grant were:

Colorado, Delaware,

Florida,Georgia, Illinois,

Kentucky, Louisiana,

Massachusetts, New York,

North Carolina, Ohio,

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,

Tennessee.

Note: Is it odd that majority of the

winning states for this grant are

eastern states?

BENJAMIN GOHSEditorCharlevoix Courier

Was the Legislation necessarily the reason for this issue?

On account the state legislature had to put together an outline of budget

plan with the Race to the Top grant.

How might this impact K-12 in Michigan?

Within our recent decade

technology has found its way into the classroom. It has been forming a different way students may

learn.

Another reason why we could have used this grant in

Michigan is we could save and increase the number of

teaching jobs available in our state.

What is being done in result to this issue?

The state legislature has realized how important it is to focus on grants

directed towards our educational system.

Our state is now going to try to apply

for grants with a stronger budget

outline

In ConclusionOur legislature has now

undergone passing different educational budgets there

will be around a couple budget decisions this

upcoming year.

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