Information on Michigan academic standards and instructional resources.
Responsible for providing final decisions in administrative appeals to MDE.
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.
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)
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Principals, Goals and Metrics in Alignment with CRI Objectives
VISION: Every learner in Michigan’s public schools will have an inspiring, engaging, and caring learning environment that fosters creative and critical thinkers who believe in their ability to positively influence Michigan and the world beyond.
Guiding Principle #1: All students have a
ccess to high-quality instruction regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, economic status, native language, or physical, emotional, and cognitive abilities to close the student achievement and opportunity gaps that currently exist.
Guiding Principle #2: All educators are encouraged to be creative and innovative. All educators are adequately compensated and respected for their professionalism, and have the resources, support, and training needed to educate students.
Guiding Principle #3: All students are encouraged to express their creativity, have voice in their own learning, feel connected to their schools, and have authentic, meaningful relationships with educators.
Guiding Principle #4: All students are provided every opportunity to achieve the broadest range of life dreams.
Guiding Principle #5: Families and communities are essential partners of teachers, support staff, and administrators in the education of students.
Guiding Principle #6: In support of students and their achievement, the Michigan Department of Education is coordinated, aligned, and properly resourced, and collaborates with school districts and a wide range of partners and stakeholders.
Career Readiness Initiative Key Objectives
The Career Readiness Initiative (CRI) works to achieve four key objectives that are in alignment with Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan.
Objective #1: Ensure all students, and especially underserved populations, have meaningful access to high-quality career pathways, and that a commitment to equity is embedded in all efforts to improve career preparation.
Analyze all relevant state and local data to identify and then address any disparities or inequities in access to career preparation methods for any subpopulations of students (by race, gender, language, income, disability).
Remove barriers to access, including obvious barriers (availability and proximity), and hidden ones (inclusion and outreach) so that students interested in career pathways can enroll.
Design recruitment efforts for participation in career pathway and other career-related activities to reach all students and create support systems for those with barriers.
Develop a long-term monitoring process to protect against future inequity.
Objective #2: Forge well-designed linkages between secondary and postsecondary education and training for all career pathways.
Engage critical stakeholders from the two realms of secondary education and postsecondary options, especially institutions of higher education and employers, to develop needed linkages.
Counsel all students about the multiple options from which to choose for postsecondary education and training, provide guidance and support to students as they create a personalized plan for the best postsecondary option, based on their skills and interests.
Objective #3: Integrate all relevant funding sources, including federal, state, local and private sources, to sustain and scale up career preparation.
Use the flexibilities in all relevant federal funding, especially Perkins V, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). This will allow state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs), in partnership with workforce agencies, to blend these resources for scaled-up career readiness activities.
Create well-funded state-level infrastructures to staff and guide the work.
Generate comprehensive methods of funding, including per pupil funding to be embedded in standard funding mechanisms for LEAs, to offer long-term, reliable resources that incentivize local participation.
Baccalaureate (IB)
Number of students enrolled
Number of students earning credit from IB tests
Early Middle College (EMC)
Dual Enrollment
2. Increase the percentage of all students who graduate from high school
3. Increase the percentage of adults with a postsecondary credential
4. Provide adequate and equitable school funding
More about the Career Readiness Initiative
Population Served
The work of the Career Readiness Initiative targets students enrolled in Michigan Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and Public School Academies (PSAs) in grades P-20, in collaboration with K-12 education, business and industry and postsecondary education partners.
Expected Outcomes
The Career Readiness Initiative is a multi-year effort to transform Michigan’s career readiness system. The Career Readiness Cross-Sector Team is a Michigan Department of Education (MDE) effort to enlist educators and employers to help in transforming Michigan’s Education System so Michigan’s graduates are ready for advanced training, work, and lifelong learning.
Career Readiness Cross-Sector Team
The Career Readiness Cross-Sector Team is an MDE strategy to engage stakeholders in ACTION to transform Michigan’s Career Preparation System and achieve the career readiness goals identified in Michigan’s Top 10 Strategic Education Plan. These long-term goals reflect and align to the recommendations set forth in the Study of Michigan’s Career and Technical Education and Career Readiness System (May 2016), the Governor’s Talent Investment Board resolution (Sept. 2016), the Governor’s 21st Century Education Commission (Feb. 2017), the Michigan Career Pathways Alliance recommendations (June 2017), and The Marshall Plan (Feb. 2018). The Career Readiness Cross-Sector Team is part of MDE’s participation in the Career Readiness Network (CRN)—a Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) initiative to support states in improving career readiness. The Career Readiness Cross-Sector Team includes representatives from employers, employer organizations, organizations representing K-12 and postsecondary educational institutions, and state agencies.
