Michigan residents are intrigued by initiatives to earn free college credit and shave debt burden.
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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Legislative preview: Lansing tackles teaching, roads and inmates
It’s back to work for Michigan’s Legislature. A Bridge guide to the biggest issues lawmakers are likely to face this fall
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School of choice, or a revolving door?
A Michigan policy allowing families to pick a school outside their home district for their kids to attend is wildly popular. But a first-of-its-kind study raises questions about who it helps – and who it might be hurting.
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Worried about Michigan’s switch to the SAT? Six reasons to calm down
Free, online prep and fee waivers should help relieve anxiety over Michigan’s new college admission test
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How one West Michigan school district is closing reading gaps for poor, Hispanic students
Through focused early literacy efforts, the West Ottawa School District is taking children with little to no English-language skills and preparing them to compete with white, more affluent peers.
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Rich school, poor school, and the challenges that separate them
Waukazoo Elementary draws students from affluent lake homes. Pine Creek kids come from Holland’s poorest neighborhoods. In ways large and small, Waukazoo kids benefit from their families’ extra income.
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Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program ‘significantly’ increases college grad rates, study finds
Ten years after the launch of the nationally lauded program, researchers can say for the first time that the money was well spent, with many more Kalamazoo students earning college degrees than would have without the scholarship.
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Does Kalamazoo Promise success build case for more state scholarship funding?
Make college cheap enough, and more people graduate. Who knew?
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Study offers financial, policy road map for Michigan education reform
A blunt new report lists ways to fix Michigan schools. Will anyone listen?
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One Dearborn school soars. Another stumbles. Why?
A test result is a snapshot, and in Dearborn, one elementary school came out with a surprisingly better portrait than another in the critical milestone of third-grade reading. Why? Nobody seems to know.