The mission of the Michigan Business Leaders for Education Excellence (MBLEE) is to serve as the unified, recognized voice for Michigan businesses on education, providing leadership to help ensure that all students have a quality, world class education, resulting in high achievement levels and a prepared, skilled workforce.
MBLEE’s vision is one of education excellence for all of Michigan’s students as evidenced by the following nine essential components of a successful system that have been developed and adopted the national Business Roundtable Task Force on Education.
- High academic standards
- Focus on results, measuring and reporting
- Assistance for struggling schools
- Individual school flexibility and resources to meet needs
- Continuous learning for teachers and administrators
- Parental involvement in decision-making
- Pre-kindergarten education for disadvantaged students
- Use of technology for learning
- Safe, caring environment for learning