"Michigan voters support their local public school's performance but are split on whether the state's education system as a whole is doing an effective job, according to survey of likely voters conducted for Business Leaders for Michigan.
The survey found that 64.5 percent of respondents strongly approve of the job their local public school is doing. However, respondents were split - by a margin of 47 percent to 43.1 percent - on the performance of Michigan's school system as a whole.
..."Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be widespread public awareness that Michigan student performance lags that of other states resulting in three-fourths of our students graduating high school unprepared to enter the workforce or to continue their education."
According to results from the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, which is given to a sample of students in each state, Michigan ranked 41st in the nation in fourth-grade reading and 37th in eighth grade math.
That's down from where the state ranked more than a decade ago..."
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