2014 Academic State Champs

Bridge proudly recognizes the most overachieving districts in the state in 2014. Next Tuesday: Bridge releases its first-ever state rankings for individual schools.

You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers about how Bridge determines district and school rankings

Ashley Community Schools conquers poverty, small enrollment and other rural challenges to become an academic overachiever

Glory and failure abound across Michigan’s charter school landscape, as students flow to and from traditional public schools.

Blending high-school studies with college sounds like an approach for the gifted, but Mott Middle College High serves all kinds of students, giving them unusual control over their own education.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Education Center Academy is a State Champ by paying close attention to improving teaching practices.

The leaders of the state’s Top 11 high schools in this year’s Academic State Champ rankings offer advice on their success strategies and how to help low-income students achieve.

Some Michigan school districts have top-rated schools, along with some of the worst. If poverty doesn’t explain the gap, what does?

A computer programming error resulted in two Michigan elementary schools being left off the list of 2014 State Champs. The error also slightly changes the individual rankings of some schools.