Kalamazoo Promise reaches a mi...

May 1, 2019 by

Kalamazoo Promise reaches a milestone, and faces a challenge

By Steve Carmody – Adobe Stock Since they were in kindergarten, students from this year’s graduating class from Kalamazoo...

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Grand Rapids school shows what...

Nov 8, 2018 by

Grand Rapids school shows what the new third grade reading requirements looks like

First grade teacher working with students on their reading Bryce Huffman / Michigan Radio A feature story about what the new third...

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Federal court partially grants...

Jul 8, 2018 by

Federal court partially grants injunction against UM in lawsuit over sexual assault policy

A federal court partially granted and partially denied a temporary restraining order and injunction in a lawsuit against the...

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Kalamazoo schools create “shel...

May 30, 2018 by

Kalamazoo schools create “shelter in a storm” for students experiencing homelessness

A recent report from the University of Michigan Poverty Solutions finds the state has one of the largest populations of homeless...

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Lawsuit claims UM disciplinary...

May 10, 2018 by

Lawsuit claims UM disciplinary code curbs free speech

By Virginia Gordan – Student Union at University of Michigan Wikimedia Commons A new free speech advocacy group, Speech First,...

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Report: Abused or neglected, m...

May 6, 2018 by

Report: Abused or neglected, more Michigan kids are dying

More children in Michigan are dying because of abuse or neglect compared to a decade ago. Back then, the state settled a federal...

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Report: Nearly 1 in 7 kids in ...

May 4, 2018 by

Report: Nearly 1 in 7 kids in Highland Park had high levels of lead in their blood

By Rebecca Kruth – Almost one in seven children living in Highland Park in 2016 had high levels of lead in their blood,...

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Concussion lawsuit: prep footb...

Mar 20, 2018 by

Concussion lawsuit: prep football coach pressured athlete to play through head injury

By Tyler Scott – In 2015, back when Destin Julian was a junior on the Hamady High School varsity football team, he took a hard...

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Will Michigan State go into ba...

Mar 16, 2018 by

Will Michigan State go into bankruptcy

Michigan State University interim President John Engler scolded lawmakers today over bills that would make it easier for sexual abuse...

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Michigan’s mental health...

Feb 20, 2018 by

Michigan’s mental health care shame

Jack Lessenberry – When I was a child growing up in the Detroit area in the 1960s, all the kids knew what happened if you...

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A national teachers’ strike?

Feb 20, 2018 by

A national teachers’ strike?

By Jack Lessenberry – It’s been five days since the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Florida; the 17 dead are being buried,...

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State House may consider bills...

Feb 12, 2018 by

State House may consider bills to expand tax free education savings accounts this week

By Steve Carmody – The state House may vote this week on a package of bills that would expand the state’s college savings...

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The secret Nassar report MSU d...

Jan 27, 2018 by

The secret Nassar report MSU didn’t want his abuse victim to see

The same day that Michigan State University’s Title IX office cleared Larry Nassar of sexual abuse in July of 2014, a confidential...

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Program looks to spread “colle...

Jan 24, 2018 by

Program looks to spread “college knowledge” among more Detroit students, schools

There are a lot of bright, accomplished high school students in Detroit who see college as out of reach. They’re never told about...

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The MSU/Nassar Scandal: Who Sh...

Jan 3, 2018 by

The MSU/Nassar Scandal: Who Should Pay?

By Jack Lessenberry – Here’s something those running Michigan State University have to know: The lawsuits stemming from former...

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Using robotics to connect remo...

Dec 26, 2017 by

Using robotics to connect remote learners

Researchers at Michigan State University have come up with a way to help “distance learners” get more engaged in the...

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Report: Michigan schools secon...

Dec 5, 2017 by

Report: Michigan schools second-most segregated in the nation

A new analysis has found that Michigan’s schools are extremely segregated. Jennifer Chambers and Christine MacDonald with the...

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Hall of Fame teacher says clas...

Nov 28, 2017 by

Hall of Fame teacher says classrooms of the future should not include whiteboards and markers

The long-held image of a teacher standing in front of a classroom holding a piece of chalk or a dry-erase marker has to die, so says...

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UM student government asks Reg...

Nov 15, 2017 by

UM student government asks Regents to consider divesting from companies with Israeli ties

By Tyler Scott – The Jew Hating University of Michigan Central Student Government (CSG) is asking the school’s Board of Regents...

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How relevant is the elected Mi...

Oct 28, 2017 by

How relevant is the elected Michigan Board of Education?

Some members of the Legislature want to eliminate the elected Michigan Board of Education. They say the Board of Education has become...

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