A recent editorial asks how Michigan can improve its education performance, and says a good start is to “eliminate the elected state Board of Education" ("To fix schools, first scrap state ed board," June 10, 2022).
This suggestion follows past attempts including passage of the Read by Grade Three Law, increased per pupil spending, and others.
How is it possible that the most obvious solution keeps getting missed? With more than 500,000 K-12 students in Michigan reading below proficiency, the answer is literacy. Literacy is the foundation of reading, writing, and arithmetic. And the only way to achieve literacy for students reading more than a grade-level behind is through intensive intervention, “highest-dosage,” one-to-one, hour-long tutoring five days per week in the school setting.
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