Information on Michigan academic standards and instructional resources.
Learn more about the MDE office responsible for providing leadership in curriculum and instruction that provides students with greater choices to prepare for success.
Resources for educator certification, recognition programs, evaluation, and workforce research.
The Equitable Services Ombudsman helps ensure equitable services for private school children, teachers, and other educational personnel.
Resources related to financial and pupil accounting and auditing.
Options available for Michigan students that provide unique learning opportunities.
Food & Nutrition Programs
This MDE office provides resources and technical assistance in physical education, sex education, health education, behavioral, emotional, mental, and social education as well as safety, discipline, and transportation.
Resources for programs and initiatives that support school improvement efforts.
Resources for supporting special education in Michigan.
Michigan has an innovative and comprehensive system of assessments to measure student achievement in learning our state content standards.
Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Search is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer.
In July 2024, Western Michigan University (WMU) was awarded the Section 27h(5) Mentoring Standards, Curricula, and Professional Learning Creation Grant prescribed by Section 27h of the School Aid budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 to assist the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) in creating standards, curricula, and professional learning for mentors of new teachers, administrators and school counselors.
As part of the process of creating the standards, WMU’s team began with a literature review regarding mentoring and induction research, as well as current mentoring and induction and leadership standards from several states and educational organizations. An advisory board of 15 members, along with 200 plus other contributors, consisting of representatives of teachers, school counselors, administrators, educational organizations, higher education institutions, and alternative routes, were consulted on the project.
The new standards were then subject to public comment before becoming from November 13 to December 22, 2025. Once approved, the standards will be available on this page.
