The state plans to invest in child care buildings, educator training, and startup grants using federal COVID-19 aid.
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Michigan’s teacher shortage: What’s causing it, how serious is it, and what can be done?
Administrators say it will take a strong workforce to address academic challenges that worsened during the pandemic.
Posted inMichigan Government
Pandemic powers, voter ID petition drives may be in trouble in Michigan
With just a few weeks left before a signature deadline, measures that were expected to be signed into law by a Republican Legislature may be breathing last gasps.
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Cheers for Dr. Fauci at comeback University of Michigan commencement
The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the classes of 2020 and 2021 from having a proper graduation ceremony. Saturday, they gathered under blue skies to hear Dr. Anthony Fauci urge them to embrace leadership and reject falsities.
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Michigan GOP, Whitmer push college tuition aid plans. How their plans differ.
Lawmakers propose competing scholarships, aid programs to return to school during Michigan budget deliberations.
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Home-based preschool hits roadblock in Michigan budget talks
Michigan has a financial cushion thanks to federal stimulus funds and stronger-than-expected recovery from the economic shock of COVID-19. But education spending is a sticking point.
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How Michigan state parks will spend a $250 million COVID windfall
After years of deferred maintenance, big upgrades are coming to Belle Isle and picturesque Tahquamenon Falls. But there are also potholes to fill, toilets and sewers to replace and electrical systems to modernize.
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Big and small groups, during and after class: tutoring is all over the map
Using federal COVID relief funds to curb learning loss, some local school districts are putting money into tutoring. A review of 16 programs shows some schools follow best practices more closely than others.
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Without state help, school tutoring strains to halt COVID learning loss
State educations leaders have not provided the coordination and financial support as in some other states, leaving Michigan school districts to develop their own programs or take other approaches to stemming learning delays.
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U-M braces for protests of Fauci visit. Students brace for mixed feelings
Dr. Anthony Fauci is speaking at a ‘comeback ceremony’ May 7 for Class of 2020 and 2021 graduates whose commencements were curtailed because of the pandemic.