Share May 11, 2021, 2:31 PM Classroom lessons and school materials reflect gender and racial diversity as a core value of American society, but the faces of public districts superintendents in Michigan don t reflect a demographic mix.
(Photo: Bridgemi.com) The state’s 578 school leaders [are] overwhelmingly male and almost completely white, an analysis by Bridge Michigan shows. While 65 percent of students in Michigan s traditional public schools are white, 95 percent of superintendents are white. By contrast, just 4 percent of district superintendents [22 people] are Black in a state where almost 18 percent of traditional public school students are Black. . The overwhelming whiteness of Michigan’s school leaders raises concerns about diversity at a time when the nation is grappling with social justice issues, and as Michigan schools continue to struggle with wide racial achievement gaps.
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When schools return to ânormal,â Michigan educators say they will face massive costs to recoup academic losses and address their studentsâ mental, social and emotional issues.
A group of educators across the state joined a media roundtable Thursday, Dec. 10, to talk about new costs to address new issues borne out of remote learning in a pandemic.
Most schools have been in remote mode since late March, with brief interludes of in-person classes earlier this fall, before the number of coronavirus cases began to climb again.
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Schools will need state and federal help to fund about $1 billion statewide in new costs, said Wanda Cook-Robinson, superintendent of the Oakland Schools intermediate district.
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Michigan education leaders request ‘unrestricted’ federal, state funds for 2021
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
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With one semester of this unprecedented school year close to complete, Michigan education leaders across the state now understand the extra costs associated with COVID-19 prevention.
Coronavirus-associated expenditures are well on their way to reaching nearly $1 billion in combined additional costs for school districts statewide, said Robert McCann, executive director for The K-12 Alliance of Michigan, in a Thursday, Dec. 10 virtual press conference.
While the CARES Act supplied federal money restricted to COVID-19-associated costs, these education leaders and superintendents want “unrestricted” funds to balance the next year’s budget.
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