Gov. William G. Milliken Legacy Forum

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Gov. William G.Milliken became governor in January 1969 when then-Gov. George Romney resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He was elected in 1970, re-elected in 1974 and again in 1978, serving three full terms. He decided against seeking a fourth full term, and retired to his northern Michigan home but remained active in public life through environmental, arts and women's rights issues until his death in October 2019.

IPPSR and MSU's Office of K-12 Outreach in the College of Education have been called upon to host this special Gov. William G. Milliken Legacy Forum to illuminate education policy and finance from the perspective of the Milliken era through current times and the decades between.

See the video from the Gov. William G. Milliken Legacy Forum.

OUR PROGRAM AGENDA (.pdf)

Funding Equity Panel

• Moderator Matt Grossmann, Director, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research
• Jim Phelps, Education Advisor, Administration of Gov. William G. Milliken
• David Arsen, Professor of Education Policy and K-12 Educational Administration,
• Michigan State University
• Bill Rustem, Chief Staff Advisor on Environmental Matters, Administration of Gov. William G. Milliken; Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Consultants. Read his heartfelt memories of The Governor who hired him to join the administration as an intern from MSU.

Infrastructure and Learning Panel

• Moderator Bryan Beverly, Director, Office of K-12 Outreach, College of Education
• Doug Smith, Education and Civil Rights Advisor, Administration of Gov. William G. Milliken; Retired Executive Director of Government and Community Relations, Oakland Community College
• Terah Venzant Chambers, Professor and Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, MSU Department of Educational Administration, College of Education
• C. Robert Maxfield, Retired Superintendent Berkley and Farmington School Districts; Associate Professor and Interim Dean, School of Education and Human Services, Oakland University

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES (.pdf)

RESOURCES ON MAJOR EDUCATION ISSUES

DURING THE TENURE OF GOV. WILLIAM  G. MILLIKEN

Milliken v. Bradley

• Hofstra Law Review
• Chalkbeat
• Milliken v. Bradley: The Northern Battle for Desegregation
• U.S. Court of Appeals decision

Michigan v. Green

• Governor vs State Treasurer, 1973 decision
• Milliken v Green: Breaking the Legislative Deadlock
• https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3415&context=lcp

Education Funding Issues

• Ann Arbor News article 
• Senator Gilbert Bursley, EMU Roles and Perspectives Interview, 1972 (Bursley is namesake of the school funding act in the 1970s)
• Citizens Research Council paper on Detroit School Funding
• Citizens Research Council 1978 paper on Proposed on Headlee Amendment
• Citizens Research Council 1979 Proposal For School/Government Budgeting Post-Headlee
• Citizens Research Council article on legislation Milliken signed on school funding

Contemporary Issues in School Equity, Infrastructure and Learning

• Michigan School Finance at the Crossroads: A Quarter Century of State Control
• School laws and administrative rules, Michigan Department of Education
• Black Male Educators Alliance of Michigan
• Does Money Matter in Education? Reconsidering an Old Question with Reference to Michigan 
• Gallileo Institute for Teacher Leadership