Talent & Education

Michigan’s low-income fourth-graders have some of the lowest reading scores in the nation, and few fared worse than students in Cadillac. Four years later, Cadillac fourth-graders are high-flyers. How did they do it?

Poor children in Michigan struggle compared with more affluent classmates. See how your district is faring in this Bridge school database.

A pre-K program supported by the Kellogg Foundation is getting 3- and 4-year-olds ready to start kindergarten. Expansion across Michigan would have a steep price tag, but high returns.

The state is a pioneer in state-funded early education for 4-year-olds. It’s now reaping the benefits.

Michigan schools continue to trail most states in academic achievement, floundering in the bottom third of all states, according to the national NAEP test.

A few steps forward, and several back, as Michigan struggles to revive its schools

Funding cuts have left 500 schools without physical education. Use this database to see if your school has a gym teacher.

Experts in Grand Rapids offer potential answers for a troubled public school system at the “Michigan Solutions Summit: An Educated Michigan,” put on by The Center For Michigan/Bridge Magazine and the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Education experts from Massachusetts, Tennessee and across Michigan gathered Thursday in Detroit to plot solutions to Michigan’s public school malaise.

Michigan leaders love to write about our failing education system. Changes, though, are proving tougher.