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As Michigan Forges Forward on Literacy, Many Ask: What About Math?
The state is creating a curriculum vetting committee and a mathematics framework after spending far more on literacy than math support.
- Michigan is launching a math curriculum review while dedicating $151.4 million to literacy materials over two years compared to $5 million for vetting math curricula in the new budget.
- Just 35.5% of third through eighth graders in Michigan are proficient in math, trailing the 44% literacy proficiency rate, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of standardized test results.
- The Michigan Association of Intermediate School Administrators Early Mathematics project ends this month after receiving $10.4 million from a $25 million state fund to support teaching improvements.
- MDE spokesperson Ken Coleman confirmed the department will add math to its strategic plan by next year, while Harvard professor Heather Hill noted math is a "gatekeeper for going to college."
- Releasing this fall, the Michigan Mathematics Framework will share best practices and curriculum resources aimed at strengthening math instruction and student achievement across the state.
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As Michigan forges forward on literacy, many ask: What about math? – WTOP News
As Michigan goes all in on literacy, some are asking: What about math? Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and State Superintendent Glenn Maleyko have said literacy is their top priority. Legislators have passed new laws, including one requiring elementary teachers to learn the “science of reading.” But similar requirements do not exist in math, and while experts...
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As Michigan forges forward on literacy, many ask: What about math?
As Michigan goes all in on literacy, some are asking: What about math?
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