Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan once again highlighted his plan for turning around Michigan's education system if elected as the state's first independent governor, vowing to protect K-12 education funding, deliver a state budget for school districts on time and fire school administrators for poor student performance.

Over 60% of third graders did not score proficient on the state's 2025 M-STEP assessment. Duggan highlighted other troubling numbers, such as Michigan's fall in fourth grade reading scores compared to other states to landing 44th in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

"We have a system that's broken," Duggan said during an Oct. 28 event at Macomb Community College, where he addressed a room of educators and school administrators. "Problem's not

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