A campus shooting exposed weaknesses in MSU security. The university will use artificial intelligence to fill some gaps as part of a sweeping $10M security upgrade that may take several years to complete.
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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U-M eyes ‘disruptive activity’ crackdown amid Israel-Hamas war protests
Days after U-M’s president was shouted down by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, officials are pitching a policy that would punish students and others for disrupting university activities.
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As ‘COVID cliff’ looms for Michigan schools, Ann Arbor faces cuts, layoffs
As federal relief funding runs dry, a “COVID cliff” is looming for Michigan schools. Ann Arbor appears to have hit it early.
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Michigan lawmakers consider making kindergarten mandatory
Michigan parents are heavily encouraged but not required to send their children to kindergarten. A Democratic-sponsored bill would make kindergarten a requirement.
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Michigan school safety bills stalled: ‘It’s inexcusable,’ Oxford dad says
Michigan has spent hundreds of millions on school safety in recent years, but some lawmakers contend policy solutions have stalled because of politics. Democrats disagree.
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Lawmakers want more CPR, cardiac arrest training for Michigan schools
A new plan would require more schools to buy defibrillators and train athletics coaches on how to use them. Advocates say that will save lives.
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MSU board asks Whitmer to weigh removal of Dennis Denno, Rema Vassar
MSU’s latest president, Kevin Guskiewicz, begins his term hours after Board of Trustees members take action against two of their own over ethics allegations.
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Report: Whitmer should consider removing two Michigan State trustees
An outside firm concludes MSU trustees Rema Vassar and Dennis Denno ‘engaged in conduct that exceeds the scope of their authority.’
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Michigan’s 4-year high school graduation rate rises 2nd year in a row
The state four-year high school graduation rate for 2023 is up slightly from 2022. See how your school district did.
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What Biden student loan forgiveness means for Michigan
Some Michigan student loan borrowers got good news from Biden this week: their student loans are being forgiven as part of a new income-based loan repayment program.