{"id":98182,"date":"2026-04-06T17:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=98182"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:46:13","slug":"two-items-re-teaching-at-the-k-12-level-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2026\/04\/06\/two-items-re-teaching-at-the-k-12-level-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Two items re: teaching at the K-12 level in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan schools may be leaning harder on subs. See your district\u2019s shift in teaching staff.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0— from mlive.com by Jackie Smith<\/p>\n

School districts across Michigan could be increasingly leaning on new and substitute teachers in the classroom, according to the latest K-12 staffing data tracked by the state.<\/p>\n

Michigan\u2019s Center for Educational Performance and Information updated staffing counts for districts through the current 2025-26 school year in late March, and the numbers largely confirm trends\u00a0illustrated in other datasets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The total number of teachers is on the rise ? with fewer sticking around more than a handful of years<\/span><\/strong> ? even\u00a0as student enrollment goes down<\/a>, and districts are continuing to use subs to fill in the gaps.<\/p>\n

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\nOne of our daughters obtained the credentials to teach in the elementary schools of Michigan. She was a very relational teacher and she taught at several schools over several years, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was when she taught at a school where:<\/span><\/p>\n