MDE - Michigan Department of Education

Skip Navigation

Michigan.gov, Official Website for the State of Michigan

Michigan.gov Home

MDE Home

Site Map

State Superintendent Mike Flanagan highlights the challenges and successes of Michigan students and teachers during the recent Governor's Education Summit.

MDE's Culture of Reading promotes early childhood learning and development by getting all Michigan children reading proficiently by the end of third grade.

The Michigan Merit Examination (MME) assesses students in grade 11 and eligible students in grade 12 based on Michigan high school standards.

Current Topics

• MDE Announces New Income Guidelines for Free and Reduced-Priced School Meals, Free Milk

• MDE to Hold Public Hearing On Future Assessment

• State Superintendent To Suspend Charter Authorizers That Don't Measure Up

• 2014 Michigan Merit Exam Results Show Long- and Short-term Gains in All Subjects

• State Library Hosts World War I Symposium Marking the Centennial of the War's Start

• Improved Michigan eLibrary Offers More for Adults and Kids to Access Information

Michigan Educator Certification System - MOECS

Mich. Online Educator Certification System

MOECS is a secure web-based system that allows educators to register and create private accounts and have access to all of their certification data, apply for certificates and endorsements, and renew their certificates

State Aid / School Finance

Guidance on issues of school finance and tax policy, public school district financial accounting, various financing mechanisms available to school districts,and information on pupil accounting statutes and rules.

Michigan Education Information System

The MEIS User Management is a security system, implemented and used with various Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) applications.