The pandemic forced Michigan schools to go remote. It didn’t always go well. This week, Bridge revisits its most impactful stories.
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.
Posted inTalent & Education
Detroit police working to de-escalate confrontations with the mentally ill
Years after other Michigan departments, the state’s largest city police force turns to specialized mental health training for officers.
Posted inTalent & Education
Catholic high schools sue for exemption from Michigan COVID closure order
Arguing that state restrictions infringe on religious liberty, Catholic high schools are asking a federal court to allow them to decide whether to offer in-person instruction even as COVID surges through Michigan.
Posted inTalent & Education
‘It’s been hell.’ 1 house, 5 kids, and a pandemic struggle to learn at home
Up to half of all Michigan K-12 students were taking all of their classes from home, with more added after the recent state coronavirus health order. Rural areas are particularly struggling.
Posted inTalent & Education
Some Michigan schools will stay remote until January amid COVID
Michigan’s high schools are ordered to be closed through Dec. 8, but with another holiday just two weeks later, some school districts are choosing to not reopen until after the new year.
Posted inTalent & Education
Report: Michigan’s most vulnerable students have limited learning options during the pandemic
The students who need in-person instruction the most are among the least likely to get it, new Michigan data shows.
Posted inTalent & Education
Thousands fled Michigan schools in fall. Will COVID home-schoolers come back?
Michigan schools are uncertain how many students who’ve fled public schools during the pandemic will return when there is a vaccine.
Posted inTalent & Education
‘How am I going to do this again?’: Michigan families squeezed as COVID cases skyrocket and classrooms shut down
The Troy School District in suburban Detroit shut down its in-person classrooms last week because of an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases. Just like that, life for the Onyx family was back to impossible.
Posted inTalent & Education
Upper Peninsula students can’t exit COVID quarantine for football playoffs
Pickford is the reigning Division 1 eight-man football state champ, but it couldn’t beat COVID-19. School board members criticized for putting sports before student safety.
Posted inTalent & Education
With teachers out from COVID, Michigan schools can’t keep classes open
With coronavirus cases surging across Michigan, schools are facing not only a health crisis, but a staffing crisis: There aren’t enough substitute teachers to replace classroom teachers who are infected or quarantined.