The Michigan High School Athletic Association is not planning to immediately change a policy that allows two students to compete. The NCAA will comply with Trump’s order barring transgender athletes from women’s sports.
Isabel Lohman
Isabel reports on early childhood, K-12 and higher education for Bridge Michigan. She loves visiting schools and analyzing how policies made in Lansing affect students and educators. Previously, she was the children’s issues reporter for the Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee. There, she reported on the state's third-largest public school district's COVID-19 response and how a community copes after losing teenagers to gun violence. Isabel grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and has also lived in Missouri, Tennessee and Belgium. Isabel moved to Ann Arbor in January 2022 where she experienced her first Michigan winter. She has a warm winter hat with a snap-on puff ball. You can reach Isabel at ilohman@bridgemi.com.
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Report: Michigan teacher workforce ‘less experienced’ than before pandemic
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Undergraduate enrollment up 3% at Michigan colleges and universities
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Snow days, cold days: How Michigan schools decide it’s time to cancel classes
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More teachers work outside areas of expertise in high-poverty Mich. districts
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PowerSchool breach worries parents, has Michigan districts eying next steps
Michigan districts this week are notifying parents about a data breach from a prominent education software company in December. Many are still trying to figure out what comes next.
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Michigan 'lifelong education' department turns 1, touting growth in free pre-K, college
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