Michigan K-12 schools

For Michigan to be successful in the coming decades, we must reinvent what happens in school for all students. We can't do any of this without addressing how our education system is governed.

Restoring pension and retiree health-care benefits will go a long way toward recruiting and retaining more teachers and the employees necessary to provide government services in Michigan.

The cuts follow pay raises and an enrollment drop, upsetting parents who wanted administrators to share the pain in order to save teachers, world language and music programs.

Immigrants are an important part of Michigan’s economy and business community. With the state losing talent and population, increasing funding for English learners is critical.

One of Michigan’s largest school districts plans to cut 94 teachers, dozens of other staffers as a "COVID cliff" looms across the state.

A bill that has some bipartisan support would required schools to offer an elective focused on computers and their algorithms, hardware and software.

At the height of the water crisis, Flint children had lower lead levels than many others in Michigan. But low expectations, trauma and constant anxiety did more harm than lead. ‘Instead of scaring families, we should be reassuring them.’

Ten years after the beginning of the Flint water crisis, the city’s youth are scarred as much by low expectations as by the lead-tainted water. ‘People had already decided who we were. They had ideas about IQ and behavior.’

In a major public-health success story, lead exposure in Michigan children has plummeted in recent decades, including in Flint.

Ten years later, a growing body of research suggests fears of permanent brain damage are a ‘myth.’ That’s good news for children, but some say trauma from the crisis is now worse than lead.

Unintentional marijuana use is spiking among young children, while the district is dealing with hundreds of incidents involving weed and vape pens.

Curriculum wasn’t the only thing on the agenda at an annual Michigan conference for Christian homeschool families. Movement leaders spoke out against a potential state registry.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants all high school graduates to be able to attend community college tuition free. But she faces resistance from some lawmakers.

Pot use for students isn’t new. But Michigan school leaders say they worry about students using vapes or marijuana edibles.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to avoid school funding cuts relies on redirecting contributions to the state’s teacher retirement system.

Active-shooter drills are required in Michigan’s schools, but the forms they take vary — from tabletop exercises among staff to school-day drills that feature actors posing as assailants. A federal panel will ask: To what end and at what cost?

Test scores are lagging, and money is available to help students. But schools should follow proven programs that actually work.

The latest Lunch Break event featured expert panelists discussing how the changes to 2024’s FAFSA form are burdening Michigan students, families and educational institutions.

Students and families applying for financial aid are understandably frustrated by FAFSA glitches, but they should persist.

Parents of Oxford school shooting victims are backing a proposal that would require Michigan schools to tell families about the state’s new safe storage law and how to keep guns away from kids.