Category: Press Release


GLEP Asks Governor Whitmer, Legislature to Take Extraordinary Steps to Ensure Students Receive Full Year of Learning Despite COVID Crisis

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:28 Mar 2020

GLEP Asks Governor Whitmer, Legislature to Take Extraordinary Steps to Ensure Students Receive Full Year of Learning Despite COVID Crisis Student Learning, Achievement More Important than Arbitrary Calendars LANSING – Great Lakes Education Project Executive Director Beth DeShone today asked


GLEP: Michigan Department of Education Must Immediately Reverse Course, Stop Punishing Students, Teachers for Learning During COVID Crisis

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:20 Mar 2020

MDE’s Decision to Discount Online Learning During School Building Shutdowns Slams the Brakes on Learning LANSING – Great Lakes Education Project Executive Director Beth DeShone today demanded the Michigan Department of Education immediately reverse course on it’s decision today to


Coalition Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted by:cpickford Posted On:20 Mar 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic poses an immediate threat to the physical health of Michiganders. But our state’s policy response to this crisis may affect the economic and financial health of Michigan for years to come. Download PDF Goal: Protect the health, safety


Self-Contradictory Levin Center Report Challenges State University Autonomy

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:26 Feb 2020

Report Ignores Public Charter School Accountability Standards that Outpace Traditional Schools while Pushing to Limit Independence of State Universities LANSING – Great Lakes Education Project Chairman Jim Barrett today challenged the Levin Center at Wayne State University to reverse course


MDE Quietly Publishes Data It Claims It Needs for A-F Report Cards – But Still Refuses to Produce A-F Report Cards

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:24 Feb 2020

175 Days and Counting – Michigan Department of Education Actively Breaking Michigan Law to Hide School Performance Measures from Parents LANSING – The Michigan Department of Education has for more than 175 consecutive days broken the state’s reporting law, failing


GLEP: Michigan Students Big Winners in Trump’s State of the Union Address

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:4 Feb 2020

GLEP: Michigan Students Big Winners in Trump’s State of the Union Address President Promotes Education Freedom Scholarships, Opportunities that Meet the Unique Needs for Every Student LANSING – Great Lakes Education Project Executive Director Beth DeShone today thanked President Donald


GLEP: Governor Whitmer Wrong to Wash Her Hands of Michigan’s Struggling Readers

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:29 Jan 2020

GLEP: Governor Whitmer Wrong to Wash Her Hands of Michigan’s Struggling Readers Reports Say Governor to Unveil Initiative to Undermine 3rd Grade Reading Law, Critical Reading Supports for Struggling Students LANSING – Great Lakes Education Project Executive Director Beth DeShone


GLEP to Launch Michigan: Tackling Literacy Crisis Means Focusing on Kids, Not Just Spending More on Adults

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:19 Dec 2019

GLEP to Launch Michigan: Tackling Literacy Crisis Means Focusing on Kids, Not Just Spending More on Adults GLEP Invites Launch Michigan to Back Student-Focused Reforms, Read by Grade 3 Law, School Report Cards LANSING –  Launch Michigan yesterday became the


Michigan Department of Education Continues to Fail Metro Detroit Students, Parents

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:16 Dec 2019

Michigan Department of Education Continues to Fail Metro Detroit Students, Parents GLEP report card, Reading and SAT scores show Macomb, Oakland, Wayne County schools too often fail to adequately teach, prepare students LANSING – The Michigan Department of Education has


Michigan Department of Education Continues to Fail Grand Traverse Area Students, Parents

Posted by:bdeshone Posted On:16 Dec 2019

Michigan Department of Education Continues to Fail Grand Traverse Area Students, Parents GLEP report card, Reading and SAT scores show Grand Traverse Area schools too often fail to adequately teach, prepare students LANSING— The Michigan Department of Education has for