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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. ....
Video of the killing prompted protests the next day in Minneapolis that spread to more than 2,000 cities, including at least 15 cities in Michigan. The killing prompted calls for police reform and systemic change that have yet to materialize. Below, we examine the top social justice stories of the year, while Thursday we revisit Bridge’s education and business coverage. The Legislature dawdled as activists filled the streets to protest the failure of a grand jury to indict police for the March 13 death of Breonna Taylor, a Louisville, Kentucky, woman shot in her own home. Police reform measures stalled amid growing national divisions over race and violence, prompting one Detroit protester to proclaim: ”It shows how people in the streets have to take things into their own hands in order to make the necessary reforms real.” ....
This week, Bridge Michigan is revisiting some of its most impactful stories from 2020, a year like few others. Today, we examine our top articles about politics and government. In a year shaped by the coronavirus, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent months battling with Republicans over a lockdown intended to slow the spread of the pandemic and things often got very ugly.
From armed protesters to an alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer, tensions were high all year and remained so after the presidential election, when President Trump refused to concede defeat and blamed a global fraud conspiracy centered in Michigan. In a dizzying political year, here are some of the top stories. In the coming days, we will revisit the articles about the environment, social justice, education and business. ....