Fourth graders work together to plan life for their “colony” during a class activity focused on colonial America.

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Michigan’s partnership districts’ struggles grew during COVID, report finds

DATE: September 7, 2022

The report is EPIC’s fourth annual examining efforts to turn around the lowest performing schools and districts in the state. There were 98 schools and 26 districts operating under partnership agreements with the state last school year.

The partnership model aims to improve student outcomes in a set of Michigan’s low-performing schools and districts by providing them with resources and supports from the Michigan Department of Education, intermediate or countwide school districts and local community partners.

Read the full article here.

EPIC works with state and district partners to create a targeted research agenda to learn which reform strategies are most effective, where, when and for whom.

Most images of students and teachers on site are courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action

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