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Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan was updated and approved by Michigan's State Board of Education in August 2020. Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan provides focused direction to Michigan's education community in support of all learners. It is designed to concentrate energy and resources, strengthen operations, and set success measures to ensure that all stakeholders are working together toward common education goals. Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan has a mission, vision, guiding principles, focused goals, and metrics for each goal area to help monitor Michigan's educational progress. Collaboration among the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), education partners and stakeholders, business and industry, and communities is needed for the plan's successful implementation.
The Exchange launched on August 11, 2022. MDE is actively seeing promising practices that support Goal 2: Improve early literacy achievement and Goal 5: Increase the percentage of all students who graduate from high school; however, other goal submissions may occur as well. The submissions are vetted by content experts and shared here.
Intermediate School Districts (ISDs), Local Education Agencies (LEAs), both traditional public school districts and public-school academies (PSAs) are encouraged to participate and see their connection to the State's strategic education plan and their collaborative role in its implementation, MDE and partners developed the Promising Practices Exchange to share and learn from one another and improve learner outcomes.
Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan is both a directional and aspirational document for everyone to contribute to its implementation. MDE recognizes that contributions from our educational partners are pivotal to reaching the goals within the State's Strategic Education Plan, and the Promising Practices Exchange was developed as a repository to help share successful practices. MDE encourages all ISDs and LEAs, and education partners to submit their practices to the Promising Practices Exchange, so their hard work may be viewed and replicated by other districts. MDE content experts vet accepted practices to demonstrate improved outcomes for all learners.
MDE highlights progress toward achieving Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan goals within our annual report. The current and prior year report can be accessed below.
State Progress Toward the Eight Goals of Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan (November 2022)
State Progress Toward the Eight Goals of Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan (November 2021)
1. Expand early childhood learning opportunities
2. Improve early literacy achievement
3. Improve the health, safety, and wellness of all learners
4. Expand secondary learning opportunities for all students
5. Increase the percentage of all students who graduate from high school
6. Increase the percentage of adults with a post-secondary credential
7. Increase the numbers of certified teachers in areas of shortage
8. Provide adequate and equitable school funding
