Education Department makes evidence-based literacy a 2026 priority
The Education Department is steering existing grants, research and teacher training toward evidence-based literacy as reading performance remains weak.
Literacy
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UNESCO’s August 2026 education data refresh adds nearly 100,000 datapoints as 273 million remained out of school in 2024
UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics has expanded its global education database to more than 8.26 million published datapoints, while separate UNESCO reporting estimates that 273 million children and young people were out of school in 2024.
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Michigan’s 2026-27 School Budget Expands Literacy, Meals and Teacher Support
Michigan’s enacted 2026-27 school aid budget continues free meals, raises base funding and directs hundreds of millions of dollars toward literacy, student support, transportation and educator recruitment.