Nesbitt: Whitmer’s tenure ends with too few kids reading

Thisyearwillbeterm-limitedGov.GretchenWhitmer’sfinalone,andIdon’texpecthistorytobekindwhenlookingbackonhertenure.Shewillleavebehindbrokenpromises,appallingscandalsandfailedpolicies.It’smoredifficultforhardworkingfamiliestomakeitinMichiganthanwhenshefirsttookoffice. IftheGranholmadministrationisrememberedasMichigan’s“LostDecade,”Whitmer’sreignissuretogodownasa“DecadeofDisaster.”Oureconomyisamongtheworstinthenation,ourroadsarestillterrible,andourkidsarelearningDEIinsteadoftheirABCs. Michiganranksamongthebottom10statesinalmosteverymeaningfulmetric,andthedamagecausedtoourchildren’seducationwilltakeyearstoovercome. Thenumbersarehardtofathomforastatethatwasonceanationalmodelforpubliceducation. Avastmajorityofstudents—63%offourthgradersand76%ofeighthgraders—arenotproficientinmath,andnearly30%ofstudentsarechronicallyabsent. Butthemosttroublingdownwardspiral