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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Intermediate school districts (ISDs) and their member districts can request approvals for certain special education personnel, which are granted by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Office of Special Education (OSE) through the Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS).
The goals for the Deaf or Hard of Hearing Consortium for Teacher Preparation are to provide teachers who hold a Michigan teaching certificate and live in Michigan to earn an additional endorsement in Deaf/Hard of Hearing and to address the need for teachers to meet the unique needs of students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Courses are chosen from a variety of excellent DHH programs at universities throughout the United States.
The goal for creating the Visual Impairment Consortium for Teacher Preparation is to increase the number of teachers available to meet the unique needs of students who are Blind/Visually Impaired. The diversification of the program offered by institutions of higher education in multiple states, including one Michigan university, will provide students the flexibility to choose courses among a variety of institutions that have well-established programs in Visual Impairment (VI).
Alt+Shift, encompassing Michigan's Integrated Mathematics Initiative, strives to shift the way educators approach education by expanding perceptions of what is possible and promoting alternative practices that allow each of our learners to reach their full potential.
With a focus on collaboration with educators and positive impacts for students, Alt+Shift provides training, technical assistance, and co-constructed implementation planning designed to create and sustain accessible educational environments in which students learn and thrive.
The MiMTSS Technical Assistance Center, formerly Michigan's Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MIBLSI), works on behalf of the MDE to provide a continuum of technical assistance to ISDs, districts, and schools in a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework.
The center's mission is to improve outcomes for all learners by assisting educators in developing infrastructures to support high-quality and sustained implementation of effective, data-driven practices within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports framework.
