Tiffany Tilley
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
- Adjunct professor and Realtor
- Lives in
- West Bloomfield
Background
- Elected to the State Board of Education in 2018; term began January 1, 2019. source: ballotpedia.org
- Ran in the 2024 Democratic primary for Michigan's 10th Congressional District, finishing third. source: ballotpedia.org
- Holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan-Dearborn (2004), a B.A. from Rochester Christian University (2009) and an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy (2014). source: ballotpedia.org
- Former director of community and economic development for the City of Highland Park and former executive director of the Southfield Community Anti-Drug Coalition. source: ballotpedia.org
- Sponsored a 2025 State Board resolution urging mandatory literacy training for teachers. source: bridgemi.com
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- Literacy training for teachers; study other states' local-control literacy models source: bridgemi.com
- More work on artificial intelligence in education source: bridgemi.com
- Teaching history, including African American history: "Our children can handle the truth" (Bridge Michigan interview) source: bridgemi.com
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