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Educational inequality has existed in the Southeast Michigan area of the United States since the birth of institutional, urban schooling in the US. Inequality between lower and higher class districts have perpetuated divisions in educational opportunities and outcomes between Michigan communities, especially areas in and around Detroit, the state's largest city.
Alaska opted out of adopting the Standards, as said in How the Alaska English/Language Arts and Mathematics Standards Differ from the Common Core State Standards, published by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (EED) "Alaska did not choose to adopt the CCSS; it was important to Alaskan educators to have the opportunity to adjust portions of the standards based on the ...
The Educational Center provides services for students with severe impairments ranging from ages 3–26. The main Special Education building houses administrative offices and the Youth Opportunity Program, which provides education opportunities for low-income students who are looking for jobs or attempting to get their GED. The Transition Center ...
Michigan counts Detroit Public Schools as the only school district classified as a "first class school district". Circa 2002, due to the state government giving control of the district to the municipal government, the U.S. Census Bureau counted the Detroit district as a dependent school system, though the Census Bureau stated that it was an ...
[11] These standards are put in place, as stated below, to help students, teachers, parents, etc. to know what is expected of a certain child at a certain age to know by the end of a unit, term, school year, etc. [12] Standards are normally published and freely available to parents and taxpayers as well as professional educators and textbook ...
The Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) is a state-mandated assessment for public elementary and middle school students in Michigan. After replacing the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) in the 2014-15 school year, it has been administered during the spring of each school year to the vast majority of public school students, with a few exceptions for special ...
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was updated in 1990 as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. [26] The Goals 2000: Educate America Act was enacted in 1994 to set education standards for states to receive additional federal funding. It required states to develop improvement plans that outlined standards, testing ...
There are three distinct types of school districts in the U.S. state of Michigan. For local education agency (LEA), or public school districts, see List of local education agency districts in Michigan; For intermediate school districts (ISDs), see list of intermediate school districts in Michigan