A new commission has spent weeks drawing districts in rural areas of Michigan, but has set aside only five days for southeast Michigan. Some fear they could be in a rush to complete the process.

The Detroit Public Schools Community District had 50,000 students enrolled on the first day of school, but it may take home visits to get all of them in the classroom.

Fewer K-12 students will likely have to stay home from school because of exposure to COVID under new recommendations from the state health department. But local schools and health departments will have the final say on safety rules this year.

Many states have a history of placing financial burdens on local governments. Few have been so brazen, devious and destructive as has Michigan

It is time that the state met the childcare needs of working families and the business community while promoting stronger educational outcomes for the next generation of workers.

Despite middling vaccination rates, Michigan’s case rates are nowhere near as bad as much of the nation and seem to have plateaued.

Bridge’s Ted Roelofs and BridgeDetroit’s Stephen Henderson will be featured in a forum from a journalism cooperative that focuses on elder care.

African-American and low-income third-graders were far more likely to be flagged for possible retention due to low reading test scores than their white or non-poor classmates. How many students are actually being held back remains unclear.