Michigan just dropped to 34th in the nation for child well-being ā dead last in the Midwest. Let that sink in.
Under Gretchen Whitmerās leadership:
š 75% of Michigan 4th graders are NOT proficient in reading.
š 76% of Michigan 8th graders are NOT proficient in math.
š Reading and math scores remain 10% WORSE than before COVID.
š 56% of Michigan children ages 3 and 4 arenāt even enrolled in school.
š Michigan ranks 42nd nationally in education. (MLPP)
To put this in plain English:
ā”ļø 3 out of every 4 Michigan kids canāt read or do math at grade level.
ā”ļø More than half of our youngest children arenāt in school.
ā”ļø Our stateās education system is falling behind virtually every other Midwestern state.
These arenāt just statistics. Theyāre children whose futures are being stolen by failed leadership.
And now Jocelyn Benson wants a promotion to Governor.
Whatās her plan to reverse these numbers? Whatās her plan to get Michigan kids reading again? Whatās her plan to fix a system thatās producing some of the worst educational outcomes in the Midwest?
Michigan families deserve answers because āmore of the sameā is not a plan.
If Whitmerās Michigan is producing these results, why would anyone believe Bensonās Michigan would be any different?
And now Jocelyn Benson wants a promotion to Governor.
As Secretary of State, Benson has spent years telling Michigan voters that everything is working exactly as intended. Yet under the same administration, our schools are collapsing in the rankings, student achievement is stagnating, and families are watching opportunities disappear.
Where is her plan to fix any of this?
How does Michigan go from 42nd in education to the Top 10?
How do we get three out of four kids reading and doing math at grade level?
How do we stop losing ground to every neighboring state?
Michigan voters shouldnāt be asked to believe that the people who helped create these results are suddenly going to reverse them.
Whitmerās record is the blueprint.
Bensonās record suggests more of the same.
And Michiganās kids cannot afford another four years of destructive policies.