 tenure reform left out of michigan s sweeping changes to education policy why is the government so reluctant to set high standards for teacher performance isn t educating our children important enough to demand excellence in order to qualify for a portion of 400 million in federal race to the top funds states were required to make reforms to their educational systems yet michigan lawmakers inserted watereddown language when it came to making changes to the teacher tenure act read the full story at  http  wwwmlivecom news grandrapids indexssf 200912 tenurereformleftoutofmichhtml 277  