Michigan Ranks 50th in US for School Performance Metrics

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Those metrics being improvements in 4th grade math/reading proficiency and education funding...

http://www.michiganradio.org/post/ms...-state-funding

Funding for Michigan's public schools is insufficient to meet rising education standards, according to a recent study by researchers at Michigan State University.

The MSU researchers said Michigan tightened its total spending on K-12 public education more than any other state over a 20 year period ending in 2015.

The study said that after adjusting for inflation, the state's education funding in 2015 was just 82 percent of what it had been 20 years earlier. The study said, "No other state is close to a decline of this magnitude..."

...Declining funding and lower academic performance go hand in hand, according to the study, which found that Michigan ranked last out of all 50 states for improvement in 4th grade math and reading proficiency between 2003 and 2015.