Emails released Saturday showed the U-M president engaged in what regents said was an improper and unreported relationship with an underling, a violation of university policy.
Ron French
Ron reports on a variety of subjects across the state. Ron came to Bridge in 2011 from The Detroit News, where he was a project reporter. Born and raised in Indiana, Ron graduated from Purdue University. He reported for newspapers across Indiana before moving to Michigan in 1995. Ron lives in Okemos, and like the true Michigander he’s become, he now has a family cabin Up North. You can reach him at rfrench@bridgemi.com or 517-214-3636.
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For Michigan parents, a hellscape of nasal swabs, missed work and fury
Remember the monotony of 9-to-5 worklife? Doesn’t seem so bad compared to the daily disruption of omicron, with changing school schedules, child quarantines and cross-city trips for test kits.
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Michigan superintendent: With schools closing, let’s address teacher shortages
Scholarships for aspiring teachers and loan forgiveness for current educators won’t stop Michigan schools from closing now, but it could lessen the state’s teacher shortage long-term, says the state’s top school official
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Michigan colleges battle omicron with mandates, caution amid a better year
Michigan campuses had massive COVID outbreaks in the first year of the pandemic, which have been largely sidestepped this year. Officials are trying to be proactive amid the latest surge, with some going remote in January.
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Fewer masks, more illness, mass confusion as Michigan schools face omicron
School mask mandates are declining across Michigan even as COVID cases rise to crazy levels. And with a surge in teachers and other staffers out sick, the state is taking a harder line on quarantines.
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Michigan teacher: Kids are heroes but something is going to break
With students in and out of classrooms because of COVID or just plain stress, one teacher describes the struggle of kids learning “how to do school again” in an unsustainable year.
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Michigan State University, U-M will require COVID booster shots
Trying to head off infections from the new omicron variant, the University of Michigan and MSU are mandating employees and students who were vaccinated more than six months ago to get booster shots as soon as possible.
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10 years of strict teacher evaluations haven’t boosted learning in Michigan
It seemed like a common-sense accountability law. A decade later, though, almost all teachers are rated effective and students’ test scores have declined.
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Michigan school board member after Oxford shooting: Make school optional
Education is required from ages 6-16. State Board member Tom McMillin says that after a deadly school shooting in Oxford it’s time to rethink that practice. Other state education leaders dismissed the suggestion.
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Bloody drawings, a cry for help and Oxford’s choice before school shooting
It was a judgment call that went horribly wrong. Experts weigh in on the decision by Oxford High School to return a troubled student to class before a shooting rampage. Like many districts, Oxford has a policy to discourage student suspensions.