Bridge Michigan (@bridgemi.com)

How can Michigan improve schools? Mississippi’s ex-superintendent has ideas Mississippi transformed from last to near-top in reading after unified political support, early-grade intervention and strict science-of-reading reforms. Former state superintendent Carey Wright, now in Maryland, says success required consistency, teamwork, and keeping politics out — lessons Michigan will face as education becomes a 2026 campaign issue. https://bit.ly/4hVcLbA