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LANSING Are teacher preparation programs driving prospective educators away from the field?
Teacher certification in the state fell 24% between 2013-2017, according to a 2020 survey for the Michigan Education Association.
The study also found that more than one in 10 elementary and secondary educators plan to change careers in the next three years.
Lack of respect, inadequate salaries and overly demanding workloads were cited as a few of the top forces driving them out of the field.
Michigan State University students mirrored similar sentiments in a 2020 survey about the College of Education’s fifth-year internship program. Interns are placed in school districts to gain student teaching experience and earn their certification.
Equal school funding in Michigan was made possible by increased revenues
Michigan s equalized education funding was accomplished not by hard political work but because there was enough money to invest in education.
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LANSING, Mich. â Michigan schools will begin receiving the same amount of money per student starting this fall.
The change comes after decades of unequal funding.
Lawmakers and advocates say the push to close the funding gap didnât come from hard political work but simply because there is more money to invest.
Doug Pratt, spokesman for the Michigan Education Association
âThere was money on the table available to do this,â said Doug Pratt who serves as a spokesman for the Michigan Education Association. âItâs something that lawmakers have long wanted to do across both sides of the political aisle and there resources were there to finish the job.â
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