Judith Pritchett
What this job does: One of eight members of the State Board of Education. The board sets statewide education policy, picks the state superintendent of public instruction, and advises the governor and Legislature on schools. A term is eight years.
- Current office
- Member, Michigan State Board of Education (since 2019)
- Occupation
- Education consultant; retired public school administrator
- Lives in
- Washington Township
Background
- Elected to the State Board of Education in 2018; term began January 1, 2019. source: ballotpedia.org
- Former chief academic officer of the Macomb Intermediate School District; retired in 2017. source: ballotpedia.org
- Former superintendent and assistant superintendent for curriculum at Center Line Public Schools; earlier a principal in Mount Clemens and a teacher and assistant principal in Utica Community Schools. source: ballotpedia.org
- Holds bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees from Oakland University. source: ballotpedia.org
- Serves on the board's special education committee. source: bridgemi.com
In their own words
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- Literacy first: "the bottom line is, literacy has to come first" (Bridge Michigan interview) source: bridgemi.com
- Smaller class sizes source: bridgemi.com
- More emphasis on parents reading to young children source: bridgemi.com
- Review of science standards, with artificial intelligence embedded in state standards source: bridgemi.com
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