Our Summary of Governor Snyder’s State of the State Address as it pertains to Education:
1. Governor Snyder placed the EAA—Education Achievement
Authority on his priority list. This is
the brand new state wide district that has the mandate to overtake the bottom
3% of schools. This means that over the
years, the take-over will continue up the ladder and the state will run more
and more schools. Many are concerned
about local control. This raises alarms
for any public school advocate.
2. The governor raised three areas for increased funding:
Children’s dental care, Early childhood education (Great Start) and early
impact mental health services.
3. He promises that the Education Summit in April will focus on
school safety and early detection of mental illness.
