Will Your Vote Improve Educational Equity?
Last week, an AnnArbor.com news article highlighted the successes of Ypsilanti Public Schools with using the fifth and sixth years of high school to improve their high school completion rate. …
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Michigan Policymakers in 2013 MUST do Better
Last week, our national partners at First Focus released a report in partnership with Save the Children called America’s Report Card 2012: Children in the U.S. that gave a clear…
Why Does Big Bird Matter?
By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the Mitt Romney, Big Bird, PBS fiasco and all of the political hoopla that has resulted from Presidential Candidate Romney’s comment at last…
Registered to Vote? Election Advocacy 101: Learn Candidates’ Positions on Children’s Issues.
Voter registration deadline is quickly approaching and the presidential debates begin this week. It’s a perfect time to get swept up in the excitement (assuming you’re not already turned off…
E is for Education, not Expulsion
Students in Michigan are being stripped of educational opportunity and future economic security because of school expulsion and suspension. Michigan’s Children applauds a recent Resolution adopted by the State Board of…
Early Childhood Development = Workforce Development
As discussed a few weeks ago on our blog, a coalition of 100 business leaders organized by the Children’s Leadership Council of Michigan (CLCM) called for significantly greater investment in…
Babies Today, Business Leaders Tomorrow
Last week, the Children’s Leadership Council of Michigan (CLCM) released their early childhood business plan at the annual Mackinac Policy Conference. And though the CLCM didn’t explain how their business…
What a Difference Our Voices Make
This week, the Legislature finished their work on the fiscal year 2013 budget. While it is still possible that funding for specific programs and initiatives, as well as language directing…
The Workforce Investment Act – Supporting Multiple Pathways Since 1998
The role of the Federal government in local programs is often murky, but whether through funding or regulation, the sustainability of programs that strive to provide options for children of…
A Double Whammy
$492. That’s the maximum monthly Family Independence Program (FIP) benefit for a family of three in Michigan. However, between September of last year and February, more than 46,000 kids lost…