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Michigan Ranks Below Average for Reading Skills
Released May 18, 2010
 The national Kids Count report shows 70 percent of Michigan's fourth-graders aren't proficient in reading, ranking Michigan behind 33 other states. The numbers are worse for African-American students, 91 percent of whom aren't proficient.
The report serves as an early warning that Michigan must start investing and prioritizing programs serving young children and families. Michigan's economic turnaround is predicated on having educated workers. A child's earliest years have a profound impact in determining educational success. And investing in programs to build the ability to learn is the most cost-effective investment for Michigan.
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Read more about the 2010 Investing in Early Childhood campaign |
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Data Shine Light on Dropout Crisis
Released January 12, 2010
The 2009 Data Book contains some good and bad news about the state's dropout crisis, a key concern and focus area of Michigan's Children.
On the good side, the rate of high school dropouts declined by 6 percent between 2006 and 2007, the latest year for which data were available. But the progress is seriously jeopardized by continued budget cuts to education programs and schools.
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Read more... [2009 State Report]
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Michigan Ranks 27th in Child Well-Being
Released July 28, 2009
The 2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book reveals that since 2000, Michigan improved on six of the 10 measures affecting child well-being. Yet on three other measures, conditions worsened for Michigan’s kids, and on one measure conditions remained unchanged. The 20th annual Data Book also contains the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s essay that takes stock of the country’s progress in keeping track of children’s well-being.
Click here for the overview, fact sheet, state data, press release and more |
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2009 Right Start in Michigan |
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Michigan Improves in Giving Babies Right Start
Released June 30, 2009
 Michigan has improved in six of eight areas needed to give babies the right start in life, with some dramatic reductions in the rates of teen births and mothers who smoke.
Click here for the overview, data by county, press release, media coverage and more
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More Michigan Children Neglected, Living in Poverty
Released Jan. 13, 2009
Growing poverty is threatening the future of a new generation of Michigan children, with many young children living in poor households and more children suffering from neglect.
Michigan’s continuing economic woes are spilling over into the lives of the state’s youngest residents with nearly one out of every four young children (under age 5) living in poverty. That means that for a family of four, income is no more than about $21,000. Two out of every five young children live in low-income households, defined as income under $42,000 for a family of four.
Click here for the data book, executive summary, county profiles and more
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