Talent & Education

A new report outlines what Michigan State University can do to improve campus safety following a February shooting that killed 3 students and injured 5 others. But it offered few details into its 8-month probe.

An outside consultant found MSU police responded appropriately during a deadly shooting in February. The firm said the university should make it easier to lock down campus, while adding cameras and better classroom locks.

A decade ago, Michigan made student performance on tests a component of teacher evals. But students continued to struggle, and teachers kept getting good evaluations. Will new bills improve student performance?

More than 3-in-10 Michigan students are chronically absent, missing 18 or more days of school during the year. See high absentee rates in your school district.

As Michigan school districts struggle to fill open positions, school district leaders want the option to hire recently retired workers. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into a law a new measure to help with that.

Michigan State University is the latest Michigan university or college to announce a tuition-free guarantee.

Michigan is investing another $70 million in an effort to boost education attainment levels. The program pays for free community college those without degrees.

Michigan is pulling out the stops to get more people in college. But a shortage of high school counselors and advisors trained to explain the application, financial aid and college-going process poses a challenge.

The state ranks above national averages in several key areas that indicate success for young children, but still falls short in some, according to newly compiled data.

MSU fired its head football coach two and half weeks after a national report outlined allegations in an ongoing school investigation about Tucker’s behavior.

The Rev. Larry Simmons wondered why children were roaming the streets of his neighborhood during school hours.

Michigan public school students can get free school breakfast and lunch at their schools during the 2023-2024 school year. Some lawmakers want to make the program permanent.

Would a panic alarm help a school respond quicker to an active shooter? It’s unclear, but a Democrat-sponsored bill would require them.

Michigan public universities hope guaranteed admission with a 3.0 high school grade point average will encourage more students to consider attending college after high school.

Michigan State is moving to fire the football coach, serving a notice of intent to terminate the remainder of his $95 million contract amid a sexual harassment investigation.

Ever since ChatGPT launched in November, schools have fretted about whether generative AI would lead to cheating and intellectual shortcuts. It may. But educators are coming around to its benefits as a classroom tool.

Jeanice Kerr Swift reached a deal with the board to leave Oct. 31 after a decade leading the district. The agreement followed months of tension with some board members and parents, including over special education

Democrats and Republicans largely agree: there’s a teacher shortage. A bipartisan bill is aimed to help address the problem in the short term.

MSU has yet to offer detailed answers on what officials knew, and who made key decisions on how to handle a sexual harassment complaint against its head football coach. MSU said it will say no more for now.

Tucker, suspended as MSU football coach Sunday after bombshell allegations from a sexual misconduct prevention advocate, called the charges false and suggested MSU wants him out for ulterior motives.