An estimated 67,000 Michigan children start school without seeing a dentist, including thousands with mouths filled with rot and pain from neglect. A new law ensures new students receive dental screenings.
The 9-year-old says students who went through pandemic learning face intense emotions, from anger to sadness to joy. Movement exercises like yoga and calming practices like mindfulness help students focus in school.
As the College Board finalizes curriculum for the class following controversies, schools in Michigan say the only issue has been finding enough seats for interested students.
Once a largely city and suburban issue, school choice is now a statewide and rural phenomenon. That’s good news for many parents, but it’s causing financial problems and headaches for school officials.
Starting with the Kalamazoo Promise, Michigan has played a key role in bringing higher education to students who could not otherwise afford it, helping them and enriching their communities.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new department focused on lifelong learning, known as MiLEAP, aims to accelerate efforts to improve education in Michigan. Education leaders say they hope it’s not just another layer of bureaucracy.
Teachers know that classrooms built to the needs of each student are more successful than the one-size-fits-all curricula that are the norm. An individualized or small-group learning model will allow our students to soar.
A group called AxMITax plans to begin circulating petitions in January for a potential ballot proposal, which if passed would eliminate, among other priorities, the $2.5 billion State Education Tax used to support K-12 schools.
Some worker shortages hurt more than others, and state leaders are rushing to try to make it easier to fill vacancies from paramedics to special ed teachers.
A report on benchmark assessment results found Michigan students are making progress in academic recovery, but not enough to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels.
A month after a report on the deadly Oxford H.S. shooting, Michigan’s State Board of Education dismissed a proposal calling for stricter safety training requirements.
Michigan schools now receive extra funding to support student safety and mental health. But it’s up to parents to ask their local districts how this money is being spent to ensure their children have the needed resources.
Michigan schools do not have enough special education teachers, leaving many students without the services they need. Higher pay may help, as would lowering barriers for college students to teach in the speciality.
The Legislature is expected to adjourn for the year on Tuesday, so 67+ bills will take effect 91 days later on Feb. 13, including changes to abortion rights, pension taxes and gun regulations.
Michigan lawmakers approved a third-grade reading law in 2016 aimed at improving literacy instruction across the state. But years later, too many students still read below grade level.
At age 16, Jamarria Hall joined a lawsuit that accused Michigan state officials of failing to provide Detroit students a basic reading education. He remains involved in the fight.
