Talent & Education

NEXT: Click here to go to 1990 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1985 was $51,963, with families spending 16.1% of their income on public university ($8,427 sticker price, annually) or 37.2% on private university ($19,342 sticker price, annually). Also in 1985… WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden Coca-Cola changes […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 1985 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1980 was $50,881, with families spending 14.9% of their income on public university ($7587 sticker price, annually) or 32.1% on private university ($16,339 sticker price, annually). Also in 1980… The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the […]

NEXT: Click here to go to 1980 → Adjusted to 2014 dollars: The median U.S. household income in 1975 was $51,923, with families spending 14.2% of their income on public university ($7,938 sticker price, annually) or 31.7% on private university $16,475 sticker price, annually). Also in 1975… John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman […]

A rural school district in Cheboygan County and a more affluent one in Harbor Springs underscore the role money can play in student performance.

NEXT POSTCARD: At Coolhouse Labs, a native son incubates startups in Harbor Springs → In certain high school classes, Mike Kibbe might as well have been from the moon. Shakespeare? He makes a whistling sound, pointing to one ear with his forefinger and continuing the motion past the other. “It just went in one ear […]

Some Michigan school districts have top-rated schools, along with some of the worst. If poverty doesn’t explain the gap, what does?

Prospective teachers deserve a better exam, and something more: the development of the best teacher education possible and improved support in the classroom.

The leaders of the state’s Top 11 high schools in this year’s Academic State Champ rankings offer advice on their success strategies and how to help low-income students achieve.