The report found current security levels at the school are appropriate and surpass those at most schools. But it also recommended some additional steps, including more consistent questions about access to weapons for students undergoing threat assessments.
Guarantees of free COVID tests end with the last day of the national public health emergency, and there will be less data to pore through. But other impacts from a deadly pandemic will remain.
Michigan has among the nation’s worst resource gaps between wealthy and low-income school districts. The Legislature is proposing historic investments. Here’s how lawmakers can do even better.
Michigan teachers will no longer be evaluated based on student test scores under legislation being prepared by Democratic leaders. Critics say the current system should be tweaked, not scrapped.
The districts are looking to pass bond proposals that would aim to improve school safety and building renovations. See if your district is on the list.
Administrators stepped in just days before the school musical was to open to rein in all those dancing, pistol-waving cowboys. The district cites an ‘ongoing epidemic of gun violence.’ But a school board member fears the district will become a ‘laughingstock.’
Bridge Michigan reporter Isabel Lohman moderated a discussion with education experts about post-secondary educational opportunities for students that prepare them for thriving careers in our state.
There’s a cost to universal free school meals. But there’s a greater cost — to children and to the state — when students go through the school day hungry. A universal meal program raises student achievement and improves discipline.
Dexter is one of a number of districts joining a federal suit against the developers of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tik Tok, YouTube and others, contending their ‘addictive’ algorithms target vulnerable children and teens.
Join Bridge Michigan for our latest Bridge Lunch Break event, focused on how trade schools, colleges and universities are preparing students for employment and educating students in subject areas that allow them to have thriving careers in our state.
Across the country, some states are banning transgender athletes from participating in sport teams that are consistent with their gender identity. Some states face court battles and a new Biden proposal could add further questions in the ongoing debate over transgender athletes.
Across the country, school and library officials face calls to remove books, many with LGBTQ or racial themes. But last week, a federal judge told a Texas library to reverse its ban. Could it be a road map for free-speech advocates in Michigan?
Shortcomings in one’s formal education need not limit a person’s contributions to society. But some politicians seek to diminish the value of true experts because they don’t share their politics. This sabotages democracy.
It’s part of a national rollout of the Black history course, which drew conservative criticism for topics that included Black Lives Matter, followed by progressive backlash after some of those topics were dropped.
March is reading month and while it’s no secret that Michigan students test below the national average when it comes to reading comprehension and writing, Michigan teachers are doing everything they can to help students improve their reading skills.
Only Massachusetts and Georgia residents spend more on a per capita basis than Michigan. In 2022, $1.25 billion from the lottery went to Michigan schools.
Michigan may soon end its process of giving schools A through F grades on measures like graduation rates and test scores. Critics of the A-F system call it confusing. A bill to end the system passed the House Tuesday and now heads to the Senate.