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6 October
10:27 pm

Three decades of decline in our public schools here in Michigan higher than any other state in the nation

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Jocelyn Benson, at Michigan Governor General Election Debate (WOOD TV8)

10:27 pm
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Why we checked itClaims Michigan's public school decline over three decades is worse than any other state — a specific comparative assertion about educational performance that is verifiable against national education data
What we foundMichigan's public school decline over recent decades is well-documented and severe, but the claim that its decline is greater than 'any other state in the nation' across the board is overstated — it holds for some specific metrics but is not universally established.
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