We’re number one … at failing schools.
The U.S. Department of Education issued a report yesterday that identified “failing” schools. Of 8,600 schools across the country that it labeled as failing, 1,500 of them are in Michigan. That’s one-third of all Michigan public schools.
My wife and I lucked out as far as finding a decent school for my daughter to go to Kindergarten next year.
The school that she would normally go to is abysmal. By fourth grade, only 54 percent of children meet or exceed state standards on math, and only 39 percent meet or exceed state reading standards. In both cases, that is 20 percent below the state average.
Which is my wife and I transferred my daughter to a school a little farther away where the number of students achieving state math and reading standards exceeds the state average.