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Now is the time for change

May is National Foster Care Month — and a time to reflect on changes that our state needs to make. Students who experience foster care deserve a robust public education and support to graduate, don’t you agree? In Michigan, though, we see...

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Michigan, We Can Do Better

Michigan, We Can Do Better

Michigan has returned to a tired playbook of criminalizing youth in schools — but we know there are better ways forward. And YOU can help! What is going on? We are seeing increasingly more punitive approaches from schools. When we look at expulsion data from last...

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We are Grateful for You!

We are Grateful for You!

It's time to celebrate YOU, our community of supporters and partners. You have had such an amazing impact on students and families in southeast Michigan and around the state.  We served more students than we ever have, but sustained the deep work we do in our...

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Telling Tales Out of School 2022 Video

On Friday, May 13, 2022, we gathered for our annual event, Telling Tales Out of School. Thank you to everyone who enjoyed the evening with us, live in Ann Arbor or through the livestream! Watch all the videos from Telling Tales 2022 here!...

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Telling Tales set for Friday, May 13

Telling Tales set for Friday, May 13

Come and celebrate the art and craft of storytelling, while supporting the Student Advocacy Center and our work keeping students in school. Our annual storytelling event, “Telling Tales Out of School” is back and again we’ll be outside, weather permitting, to raise...

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Groundbreaking Research Shared

Student Advocacy Center and our families have shared about the devastating harm of suspension and expulsion for more than 30 years. But even we were gutted by Dr. Charles Bell’s groundbreaking research on Michigan’ Michigan’s overuse of suspension and the harm it...

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