The MSU Office of K-12 Outreach maintains a team of veteran educators in Detroit who support the work of improving student achievement in the schools of Detroit and the surrounding areas. Working with partners like the Skillman Foundation and Detroit Public Schools Improvement Grants, MSU K-12 Outreach offers leadership coaching, data support services and on-site services to area schools in several counties in the east and west counties around Detroit.
In 2015, MSU began delivering of a literacy initiative designed to improve reading competencies for adolescent students who are reading well below grade level.