High-poverty Michigan school districts awarded $3M to help improve reading, writing skills
Updated Mar 10, 2021;
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MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – Rané Garcia envisions a future at Muskegon Heights Public School Academy where every teacher is an expert at teaching reading, and literacy is embedded at every level of instruction.
Literacy proficiency rates are in the single digits at the predominantly Black school system. Garcia, the charter’s superintendent, is trying to change that.
“It’s not a secret that literacy rates are lower in communities of color,” Garcia said. “But our students of color are intelligent and as capable as any other students. So, what’s causing that gap?”
Flint Community Schools Return to In-Person Learning
In a meeting last night, the school board voted to transition back to in-person classes.
On Wednesday night, the school board of Flint Community Schools took a vote on returning to in-person classes. The results of the vote were five members voting yes to return to in-person classes with only one member voting against it.
We need to make our decision based on what is best for our kids and the parents and right now they are ready to go to school.said school board member Diana Wright.
Moving forward, students in self-contained classrooms, the Early Childhood Developmental Delay (ECDD,) and Pre-K through third grade will return to in-person classes on Monday, March 15th. Students in fourth through twelfth grade will return on Monday, March 22nd.
60% of Genesee County teachers will soon be vaccinated, health department says
Updated Feb 09, 2021;
Posted Feb 07, 2021
Ravinder Singala, a physican and UM-Flint graduate, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at McLaren Flint Hospital in Flint. Singala was one of the first five frontline workers at the hospital to receive the vaccine. (Jake May | MLive.com)The Flint Journal, MLive.com
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GENESEE COUNTY, MI Two large teacher vaccination clinics will bring total teacher vaccinations in Genesee County up to around 60% within the next week, according to the county health department.
One clinic to vaccinate 1,000 teachers was hosted Friday, Feb. 5 at the Genesee Intermediate School District, with another scheduled to vaccinate 1,000 more Friday, Feb. 12. The teachers who received or will receive the first round of the vaccine will also have a second dose scheduled.