A Democrat-sponsored bill would encourage the Michigan Department of Education to develop or adopt cursive programs and “strongly encourage” schools to teach cursive.
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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Michigan State shooting victims: Two more students released from hospital
Sparrow Hospital provided an update Friday on the status of students injured in the Feb. 13 mass shooting on the Michigan State University campus.
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‘We’re so angry.’ MSU students urge gun safety at Lansing hearing
Two weeks after a mass shooting at Michigan State University, state lawmakers began mulling gun safety measures including universal background checks, safe storage and ‘red flag’ laws
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Classroom locks, active intruder training promised after MSU shootings
Interim President Teresa Woodruff announced a series of future security upgrades on Wednesday that range from restricting public access to buildings to school-wide training sessions following a deadly mass shooting Feb. 13.
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MSU shooting: fourth victim identified, discharged from hospital
Troy Forbush of Okemos publicly identified himself as one of the five MSU students critically injured in a mass shooting on the East Lansing campus two weeks ago. He is the first of the five to be released from the hospital, according to his Facebook page.
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Michigan student loan forgiveness: What to know as Supreme Court steps in
The high court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on challenges to President Biden’s loan forgiveness program, which aims to cancel up to $20,000 in college debt for individual students. Critics say Biden went beyond his executive authority.
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Michigan State shooting: third victim identified, in critical condition
Nate Statly is a 2020 graduate of Hartland Community Schools in Livingston County. He remains in critical condition.
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MSU returns to class with unease, determination and more empty seats
MSU students described their return to class Monday as anything but normal, yet many called it a necessary step in the long road back to normalcy. Some professors eased students slowly back into academic life, while others proceeded without change.
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Michigan State weighs security plan after rampage. Here are some options
MSU is conducting a security review over the coming months. It’s a debate that seeks to balance the openness of a large, public university with keeping students and staff safe. Here is how other colleges have tried to protect students.
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Michigan State students have thoughts on whether class Monday is too soon
MSU is set to resume classes Monday, a week after a deadly mass shooting. The student paper’s editorial board says that’s too soon, but not all students agree. MSU said it will reopen with an effort to show flexibility and empathy to students as they return.