Michigan Department of Education
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The Michigan Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education policy, standards, and funding across Michigan’s K–12 school system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michigan Department of Education canonical | 48 |
| Michigan Department of Public Instruction | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3807216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Department of Education Context triple: [Government of Michigan, hasEducationAuthority, Michigan Department of Education]
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A.
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Kalamazoo Public Schools is a public school district serving the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, known for initiatives like the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program.
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B.
Muskegon Public Schools
Muskegon Public Schools is a public school district in western Michigan that serves students in and around the Muskegon area, including the community of Norton Shores.
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C.
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a public university located in Marquette, Michigan, known for its programs in fields such as education, health sciences, and technology, and for serving as a major educational and cultural hub in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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D.
state university system of Michigan
The state university system of Michigan is the network of public universities in Michigan, including multiple campuses such as the Dearborn campus, that provides higher education and research across the state.
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E.
Schoolcraft College
Schoolcraft College is a public community college in Livonia, Michigan, offering a range of associate degrees, certificates, and workforce training programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Department of Education Target entity description: The Michigan Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education policy, standards, and funding across Michigan’s K–12 school system.
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A.
Kalamazoo Public Schools
Kalamazoo Public Schools is a public school district serving the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, known for initiatives like the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program.
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B.
Muskegon Public Schools
Muskegon Public Schools is a public school district in western Michigan that serves students in and around the Muskegon area, including the community of Norton Shores.
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C.
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a public university located in Marquette, Michigan, known for its programs in fields such as education, health sciences, and technology, and for serving as a major educational and cultural hub in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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D.
state university system of Michigan
The state university system of Michigan is the network of public universities in Michigan, including multiple campuses such as the Dearborn campus, that provides higher education and research across the state.
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E.
Schoolcraft College
Schoolcraft College is a public community college in Livonia, Michigan, offering a range of associate degrees, certificates, and workforce training programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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state education agency ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
K–12 education
ⓘ
public schools in Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| goal |
ensure equitable access to quality education in Michigan
ⓘ
improve student achievement in Michigan ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lansing, Michigan ⓘ |
| implements |
Michigan education laws
ⓘ
federal education laws in Michigan ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| ledBy | Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| oversees |
Michigan Merit Examination
ⓘ
Michigan School Index accountability system ⓘ intermediate school districts in Michigan ⓘ local education agencies in Michigan ⓘ public school academies in Michigan ⓘ state assessment system M-STEP ⓘ |
| partOf |
Government of the State of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
government of Michigan
|
| policyArea |
K–12 academic standards
ⓘ
career and technical education ⓘ early childhood education ⓘ education policy ⓘ educator preparation and licensing ⓘ federal education program compliance ⓘ school accountability ⓘ school finance ⓘ special education ⓘ student assessment ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
Title I program administration in Michigan
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administering state education funding ⓘ career and technical education oversight ⓘ early childhood education programs oversight ⓘ education data collection and reporting in Michigan ⓘ implementing federal education programs in Michigan ⓘ overseeing public education policy in Michigan ⓘ school accountability systems ⓘ school nutrition programs administration in Michigan ⓘ setting academic standards for Michigan K–12 schools ⓘ special education oversight in Michigan ⓘ statewide student assessment programs ⓘ teacher certification in Michigan ⓘ |
| serves |
educators in Michigan
ⓘ
public school districts in Michigan ⓘ students in Michigan K–12 schools ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Michigan State Board of Education ⓘ |
| website | https://www.michigan.gov/mde ⓘ |
| worksWith |
State Board of Education (Michigan)
ⓘ
linked to:
state board of education
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Michigan Department of Education Description of subject: The Michigan Department of Education is the state agency responsible for overseeing public education policy, standards, and funding across Michigan’s K–12 school system.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
government of Michigan
subject linked to:
Flint community schools
Detroit Public Schools Community District
→
regulatoryAuthority
→
Michigan Department of Education
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subject linked to:
Highland Park public schools
linked to: Michigan Department of Education