Michigan ranks 44th in literacy: How the state could boost that number

Wednesday, Governor Whitmer said in her State of the State address in Lansing that Michigan is 44th in the U.S. for fourth-grade reading proficiency, calling it “a serious problem.”

LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) – Michigan ranks 44th in the nation in literacy. That’s what Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared in her last State of the State address.