Talent & Education

The state paid $500,000 for a report on how to improve Michigan schools. Not all are thrilled with the recommendations.

Michigan’s reading scores have dropped to crisis levels in the past 10 years. Republicans blame Democrats for repealing reforms; Democrats say their new strategies need time to work.

Civil rights probes of scholarships for undocumented and minority students are the latest in the Trump administration’s targeting of public universities.

Enrollment in more than 70% of Michigan districts has fallen since 2014, while many added staff and test scores fell. Use these tools to search how districts statewide fared.

Tougher graduation requirements, more teacher training on literacy and more school choice are among the ideas candidates are pitching to improve Michigan K-12 education.

Michigan has 21,000 more teacher aides than a decade ago helping a shrinking population of schoolkids. Hiring more adults has yet to reverse learning skids, but one lawmaker likens it to turning around the Titanic.

Once at the bottom, Mississippi has made massive strides teaching children to read. They’ve got literacy coaches, a high-stakes third grade test and lots of teacher training. What can Michigan learn from the Magnolia state?

From poverty and special interests to the lockdown and school choice, theories abound about Michigan’s declining test scores. Other states have the same issues but are doing better.

Ten years ago, Michigan vowed to become a Top 10 state for education. Since then, it’s outspent many other states and seen diminishing returns amid a revolving door of reforms.

Scott Piper is the third professor to be stripped of tenure at the University of Michigan in decades.

The University of Michigan is under federal scrutiny after two Chinese scientists linked to the school were separately charged with smuggling biological materials into the United States.

A recently reintroduced bill in the Michigan House would encourage cursive instruction in public schools.

Most Michigan schools don’t have a full-time librarian. They’re required in Mississippi, where reading scores are higher.

A judge has turned down requests for new trials by the parents of the Oxford High School shooter despite saying prosecutors willfully failed to disclose agreements with two key witnesses.

A new bill would prohibit food distributors from providing schools with food containing eight synthetic ingredients.

Lawyers for three victims of the 2023 MSU campus shooting have announced settlements with the university.

Pro-Palestinian activists accused the private security company of following them on and off campus.

While Corey Rosser’s students may have struggled with the traditional format of schooling, at Quest High School, he’s pushing them to new limits.

Twenty years into the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program, officials say they’re having to work harder to help kids succeed and even graduate from high school.