Thousands of elementary school students in Michigan — some as young as 5 years old — are learning to read and count in classrooms filled with 30 or more children, according to a trove of records obtained by The Detroit News. The sizes of elementary school classes that have been allowed in Michigan conflict with what policymakers say is best for learning and with standards set in other states, including Florida, where the guideline is to have no more than 18 students in a third-grade class. While the Michigan Department of Education doesn't track how many students are inside each classroom in the state, The News used the Freedom of Information Act, over a period of three months, to obtain class-by-class student counts for 48 elementary schools. Full story at the link in bio. Photos by Robin Buckson, The Detroit News, Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News and David Guralnick, Detroit News. #detroitnews #michigan #michiganschools #detroitschools #schooldistrict #detroit