Over the last decade, the State of Michigan Public Education Report has marked annually Michigan's progress and performance based on important data-driven measures and outcomes. This year, for the 2020 report, The Education Trust-Midwest (ETM) reports on these important measures while also noting the unprecedented moment in which Michigan, the…

The HighScope Summer Camp for Teenagers founded by David P. Weikart in 1963, and operated until 2002, was an international, inclusive gifted education program that aided many young people, including those from disadvantaged social strata, in their personal development and shaped them in a special way. The six-week program stood for a high degree…

This report briefly describes Federally-financed compsensatory education activities for disadvantaged students in Michigan public and private schools during the 1966-67 academic year. Types of projects, fiscal policy, and use of grants are discussed. Illustrative projects, including a preschool program, reading improvement instruction, and a…

PROPOSED IS A 5-YEAR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT PUPILS IN SEVERAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONE AREA WITH A RELATIVELY STABLE POPULATION OF VARIED NATIONAL GROUPS AND IN ANOTHER WHICH IS PRIMARILY LOWER-CLASS AND TRANSIENT. THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES INVOLVE INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS, GUIDANCE,…

This report presents information on length of operation of Section 3 programs, personnel, program components, summer program planning, and problems brought about by funding uncertainty. The information is grouped by region and community type, where applicable, to denote the differences and similarities of the programs in various regions and…

ATTEMPTS WERE MADE IN THE PROJECT OUTLINED HERE TO MODIFY TEACHER ATTITUDES TOWARD NEGRO CHILDREN, TO EQUIP TEACHERS WITH SKILLS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TEACHING, TO ACCCOMPLISH THE SAME OBJECTIVES WITH THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, AND TO SURVEY BUILDING NEEDS IN TERMS OF CONTINUED DESEGREGATION IN THE SCHOOLS. A CORE GROUP OF TEACHERS WITH PREVIOUS…