Michigan K-12 schools

What will it take to attract more people to work, live and stay in Michigan? Several groups presented their ideas Thursday afternoon.

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.

It’s unacceptable for our students to trail far behind other states in key subjects like reading.

Michigan schools, mental health agencies and hospitals fight over too few social workers. Could relaxed licensing, better pay help?

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 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.

We can’t get complacent or assume that the progress we are making in education will last — the future of our children and students depends on it.

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.

Schools are starting to ramp down federally funded catch-up efforts, even though students have not yet fully recovered academically from pandemic-era disruptions.

The fundamental mission of schools is the nurturing of productive, responsible citizenship within a democratic society. That’s the true narrative of U.S. schools and their heroic educators who deserve much better.

The percentage of Detroit Public Schools Community District students and students in city charters who achieved grade-level proficiency on the M-STEP exam was up in most grades and subject areas.

At Gompers Elementary-Middle School, located on Detroit’s northwest side, teachers and administrators came together to address the issue of chronic absenteeism, when students miss more than 18 days of school.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form students fill out to learn what grants, loans or scholarships they may qualify for to attend college. Advocates say filling the form is critical to understanding the true cost of college.