Michigan schools must offer the annual standardized test, but, because of the pandemic, not all students have to take it. That could make the results less useful than normal.
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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In Ypsilanti, one bus driver’s COVID case closes school for 2,000 students
A dinner among drivers and pre-K staffers forced quarantines just as students were set to return to school. It’s the latest example of the frustrating, sometimes futile efforts to keep Michigan schools open.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Michigan hails Chauvin conviction as ‘a victory for Black and brown lives’
Many couldn’t watch. Others reminded themselves to breathe. When a former Minnesota police officer was convicted of George Floyd’s murder, they said they could exhale. For now.
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Survey: More than 8 in 10 Michigan teachers are fully vaccinated for COVID
Even with most teachers vaccinated, many Michigan schools are struggling to stay open because of outbreaks among students and COVID community spread.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Whitmer pleads for more COVID compliance. So far, Michigan isn’t listening
Even as the Centers for Disease Control urges Michigan to close down part of its economy to stop a dangerous COVID spike, residents seem done with restrictions.
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Michigan colleges rush to get COVID vaccine in student arms amid surge
Michigan plans to distribute thousands of doses of the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine to public and private colleges in coming days, in hopes of immunizing students before they leave campuses as the school year ends.
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Students in COVID-weary Michigan schools must take M-STEP, feds say
Michigan schools must give the state standardized test, but fewer students might take it this year than normal. State education officials contend pandemic learning was too chaotic this year to yield an accurate portrait of student achievement.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Michigan school COVID outbreaks surge 47% in 2 weeks; some return to remote
State officials say they have no plans to order school buildings to close again because of the pandemic. But with COVID cases skyrocketing, some schools are going remote on their own.
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Michigan schools cheered when sports came back. Then came COVID outbreaks.
Coronavirus outbreaks in schools increased after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allowed winter sports like basketball and wrestling to resume. Was it worth it?
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COVID outbreaks jump 20 percent in Michigan schools. More closures ahead?
Superintendents throughout Michigan are begging students and parents to stay vigilant on spring break — or face more closures.