Education Policy Director Michael Van Beek told WEYI-TV25 that “long-term structural changes” are needed in public education to “save Michigan financially.”
He addressed staffing cuts and health insurance costs as two areas that need attention. Van Beek also discussed common school funding myths at a forum in Lansing recently.
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