State identifies 13 Lansing schools as underperforming, in need of assistance - WILX

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LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Michigan Department of Education has identified much than a twelve schools successful Lansing arsenic underperforming and successful request of “concentrated support” from the state.

According to the Department of Education, schools successful 54 Michigan schoolhouse districts person been identified arsenic scoring successful the bottommost 5% of the state’s accountability system oregon having a four-year graduation complaint of 67% oregon less. The 54 districts volition beryllium entered into partnerships with the Department of Education and intermediate schoolhouse districts to person concentrated enactment to make 18- and 36-month benchmarks.

The pursuing Lansing Public School District schools person been identified for enactment and improvement:

  • Attwood New Tech Magnet School
  • Capital Area K-12 Online
  • Eastern High School
  • Everett High School
  • Forrest G. Averill School
  • Gardner International School
  • Gier Park Elementary School
  • J.W. Sexton High School
  • Lyons Elementary School
  • Mt Hope Elementary School
  • North Elementary School
  • Reo Elementary School
  • Wexford Montessori Magnet School

Other Mid-Michigan schools connected the database included John R. Lewis Elementary successful the Jackson Public Schools territory and FlexTech High School successful the Livingston ESA schoolhouse district.

State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice said galore of the acquisition problems stem from the COVID pandemic.

“What we’re experiencing is the effect of underfunding Michigan nationalist schoolhouse students, educators, and acquisition for galore years, the resultant teacher shortage and a once-in-a-century pandemic. Unfinished learning during the pandemic has resulted successful mostly lower, mean pupil scores connected the state’s M-STEP assessments, locally administered benchmark assessments, and nationalist NAEP assessments,” Rice said. “We are committed to providing assistance and enactment to schools that person struggled the astir implicit the past 2 years.”

The Lansing School District volition clasp a property league Wednesday greeting to sermon strategies regarding the 2021-22 School Accountability Reports.

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