All families with K-12 students eligible for free or reduced lunch will receive EBT cards that can be used for groceries — no sign-up for the cards required. Meanwhile, schools are still providing meals, too.
Talent & Education
To prosper, Michigan must be a more educated place. Bridge will explore the challenges in education and identify policies and initiatives that address them.
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With bedtime stories and growing unease, a Michigan elementary confronts coronavirus
Uncomfortable being separated from their students for three weeks, Michigan educators are now scrambling to teach remotely for the rest of the school year. It won’t be easy.
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What Michigan’s coronavirus school closure means for you
Seniors will graduate, others will move up a grade, and teachers get paid. But if you’ve bought a prom dress, you’re probably out of luck.
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Whitmer closes Michigan classrooms for school year due to coronavirus
It wasn’t a decision anyone wanted to make, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shut the state’s school buildings for the remainder of the school year. School districts will ramp up remote learning for their homebound students.
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Whitmer to end Michigan school year; seniors graduate, others move up
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to close schools for the year, graduate seniors, move other students up a grade, waive the third-grade reading law and ensure teachers and other staff are paid.
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Michigan scrambles to salvage school year in wake of coronavirus
School and legislative leaders are meeting to determine how best to continue education if the coronavirus keeps classrooms closed for months.
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Coronavirus extends Michigan school closures until at least April 14
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Monday order to stay home through midnight April 13 means an extension of at least eight days to the already ordered three-week school closure.
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Parents urge Michigan to change rules about online learning during coronavirus
Michigan Schools Superintendent Michael Rice set off a firestorm Friday by saying online learning during the coronavirus crisis wouldn’t count. Now, educators and parents want legislators to change the law to ensure it does.
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A Michigan school bus turns food truck during coronavirus school shutdown
In one sparsely populated, vast Northern Michigan school district, school buses are delivering meals to students who otherwise might go hungry amid a three-week shutdown of the state’s schools.
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Will Michigan classes stay closed, and other coronavirus impact on schools
Parents are flooding Bridge with questions about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Michigan schools. We have some answers.