At Flint Schools, teachers are doing great – students, not so much

Flint schools get $33,151 per pupil but 90% of third through eighth graders aren’t proficient at reading - Michigan Capitol Confidential Staff

• In 2024-25, nearly all of Flint Community Schools’ students in grades three through eight — 90% — were not proficient in English Language Arts, which is largely reading and writing.
• And 96% of students in grades three through six were not proficient in math...

Despite this track record, the Michigan Education Association announced it had honored Flint union president Karen Christian with its Paul Blewett Friend of Education Award on April 23. 

The MEA award goes to someone who “did the most to improve the lives of teachers, to further the goals of the MEA or to further the cause of public education,” according to a nominating form available on the union website...