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Michigan trails other states in fourth-grade reading. Report warns it could get worse
DATE: May 17, 2022
Michigan’s public education system remains in a perennial rut, according to an annual state education report released Tuesday, and the state’s young readers are projected to fall farther behind their peers in other states by the end of the decade unless changes in school funding and resources for students are made.
Still Stalled: 2022 State of Michigan Education Report by education advocacy group Education Trust-Midwest said by 2030 Michigan is projected to be 39th in the nation for fourth-grade reading performance — down from its current ranking of 32nd — if nothing changes.
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