Legislative loose ends: Bills on teaching race, paying student teachers, creating dyslexia programs were still winding their way through the Michigan statehouse when lawmakers adjourned for the summer.
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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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Michigan schools ditching Native American nicknames, with casino fund aid
Four more Michigan schools are changing their Native American nicknames using grant money from the state’s tribal-gaming compact.
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Michigan schools are offering new teachers up to $10k bonus. Is yours?
After three school years of pandemic disruption, Bridge Michigan wants to know if finding teachers to staff schools has become even harder in your school district. Reach out to reporter Isabel Lohman if you have a story.
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A supergroup was to reform Michigan schools, then the schools dropped out
A coalition of business, school, philanthropy and labor groups came together in 2019 to try and solve decades of mediocrity in Michigan public education. But major school groups, including the department of education, have bailed, leaving the effort in question.
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Nursing deal and college affordability in Michigan higher-ed budget pact
The state’s higher-education budgets do not include a large expansion of Michigan Reconnect, the tuition-free community college program, but does set aside funding for a to-be-determined scholarship program.
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Michigan boosts K-12 special education, teacher hiring, mental health funds
In approving the state’s education budget early Friday morning, the GOP legislature and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also added investment in school safety measures and the teacher pension system, thanks to unexpectedly high state revenues this year.
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Michigan high school students are helping colleges improve campus success
Grand Valley State University leaders are taking ideas from a group of high school students to create programs that will help low-income and first-generation college students succeed when they arrive on campus.
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What the Supreme Court school prayer decision will mean for Michigan
Education law experts say Michigan public schools will have to comply with the ruling, which found that the Washington state football coach was discriminated against by being punished for praying at midfield after games.
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High Court rejects ban on religious school aid. How it impacts Michigan.
The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that states can’t give taxpayer funds to some private schools while excluding religious schools. Legal experts say it won’t immediately impact Michigan, but opens the door to broader school choice.
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Gretchen Whitmer OKs financial literacy in Michigan high schools
The bill passed with bipartisan support and would allow students to satisfy a half-credit of math, world language or the arts.