Following Whitmer address, Paquette open to education reforms

Following Whitmer address, Paquette open to education reforms

State Representative Brad Paquette is hoping to pursue some education reforms in Michigan following Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s call to improve childhood literacy during her State of the State address last week. Paquette tells us listening to the speech, he was struck by Whitmer’s apparent acknowledgement that Michigan children have fallen behind. He says the loss of progress on literacy is partly due to a “bouncing back and forth” of policy as …