MEA union gives Gretchen Whitmer ‘Champion for Education’ award — despite steep drop in student achievement during term

MEA union gives Gretchen Whitmer ‘Champion for Education’ award — despite steep drop in student achievement during term

Michigan’s statewide teachers union thinks Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did such an amazing job on education, they’re naming an award after her. “For the last eight years, educators across Michigan have been blessed to have an amazing ally and friend in the governor’s office in Governor Whitmer,” MEA President Chandra Madafferi, a teacher from Oakland County, said in a statement. “Gov. Whitmer has made strengthening our hometown schools a key priority …