Michigan State is moving to fire the football coach, serving a notice of intent to terminate the remainder of his $95 million contract amid a sexual harassment investigation.
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.
Excited but worried, Michigan teachers wrestle with artificial intelligence
Ever since ChatGPT launched in November, schools have fretted about whether generative AI would lead to cheating and intellectual shortcuts. It may. But educators are coming around to its benefits as a classroom tool.
Longtime superintendent at Ann Arbor Schools agrees to leave next month
Jeanice Kerr Swift reached a deal with the board to leave Oct. 31 after a decade leading the district. The agreement followed months of tension with some board members and parents, including over special education
To help Michigan teacher shortage, lawmakers may ease retirement rules
Democrats and Republicans largely agree: there’s a teacher shortage. A bipartisan bill is aimed to help address the problem in the short term.
Michigan State: We will say no more on who knew what in Mel Tucker probe
MSU has yet to offer detailed answers on what officials knew, and who made key decisions on how to handle a sexual harassment complaint against its head football coach. MSU said it will say no more for now.
Mel Tucker calls MSU sexual harassment probe a ‘sham’ excuse to fire him
Tucker, suspended as MSU football coach Sunday after bombshell allegations from a sexual misconduct prevention advocate, called the charges false and suggested MSU wants him out for ulterior motives.
Nassar survivors: MSU failed again with Mel Tucker sexual harassment probe
Michigan State University suspends football coach Mel Tucker without pay months after learning of sexual harassment allegations. Many question why he was allowed to coach two games; administrators say the process had to play out.
Michigan State University bans concealed weapons after campus shooting
Board of Trustees expands gun ban to include campus visitors. Students and staff were already barred from having guns.
Schools are cutting recovery programs as U.S. aid money dries up. Students are still struggling.
Schools are starting to ramp down federally funded catch-up efforts, even though students have not yet fully recovered academically from pandemic-era disruptions.
Detroit students show slight gains on Michigan’s M-STEP standardized test
The percentage of Detroit Public Schools Community District students and students in city charters who achieved grade-level proficiency on the M-STEP exam was up in most grades and subject areas.