Ethan Crumbley is facing murder and terrorism charges as the suspect in Tuesday’s Oxford High School shooting. Prosecutors believe the rampage was premeditated.
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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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Oxford Michigan school shooting shows limits of heightened security
School leaders say students and staff executed their training when an active shooter struck. But a teen was able to get a handgun into Oxford High to launch a rampage. ‘Everything worked,’ said one official, ‘and it’s still a tragedy.’
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Oxford High is seventh major school shooting in Michigan since 1978
The deaths of four students and wounding of several others is by far the state’s worst school shooting.
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Shooter drills. Anxious teachers. Flying staplers. Michigan schools prepare.
It’s been 20 years since two students killed 13 people at Columbine High School. Today, Michigan schools use hockey pucks, hornet spray and gun sensors to train for the unthinkable. Are they ready? And at what cost?
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Three students dead, eight injured at Oxford High School. Sophomore in custody
‘A deeply dark day for Michigan,’ as a school shooter kills two girls, 14 and 17, and a 16-year-old boy with a gun that police say his father recently purchased.
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Michigan schools struggle with remote days. 'This year is harder for kids.'
Even superintendents who championed returning students to classrooms in Michigan are finding it difficult to keep doors open full-time this year amid staff shortages, outbreaks and behavioral issues. Critics say schools should do more.
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COVID school outbreaks skyrocket; more Michigan schools close
Some Michigan students are getting a week-long Thanksgiving break, the result of COVID outbreaks and school staffing shortages. Outbreaks are up 61 percent in one week.
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Michigan schools seek options as staff shortages and COVID cases converge
Michigan superintendents are worried about meeting the required 180 days and 1,098 hours of instruction required for their full allocations of state funding
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Michigan schools are closing because of staff shortages. Get used to it.
School buildings are closing for the same reasons as restaurants, and there doesn’t appear to be a quick solution to not enough bus drivers, teacher aides and other workers
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Michigan is sending a $1,000 ‘thank you’ to early educators. Is it enough?
Many early educators in Michigan will soon receive $1,000 bonuses, a ‘thank you’ to thousands of workers across the state who stuck with challenging, low-paid, and essential jobs through the scariest days of the pandemic.