School bus driver shortage in ...

Sep 6, 2021 by

School bus driver shortage in Michigan has districts trying to attract talent with bonuses

A statewide shortage of school bus drivers is pushing school districts to attract talent in whatever way they can. For some...

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College in the time of COVID: ...

Feb 25, 2021 by

College in the time of COVID: What students are doing and feeling in this unprecedented year

What’s it like to be a college student almost one year into the pandemic? University of Michigan students Theo Zangoulas and Amanda...

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Advocates set ambitious goal f...

Sep 15, 2020 by

Advocates set ambitious goal for jobs for adults with autism

The Autism Alliance of Michigan is setting an ambitious 10-year goal: for Michigan to be the first state in the nation to employ...

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Michigan physicians ask lawmak...

Aug 16, 2020 by

Michigan physicians ask lawmakers to consider science in back-to-school legislation

Physicians throughout the state are asking lawmakers to consider science and research when making decisions about how to proceed with...

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Grand Rapids students could ge...

Jan 14, 2020 by

Grand Rapids students could get free tuition for city’s community college this year

Mayor Rosalynn Bliss speaks about Grand Rapids Proise Zone Bryce Huffman / Michigan Radio Students who live and go to school in the...

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Second-largest teachers’...

Nov 7, 2019 by

Second-largest teachers’ union files unfair labor practice against Utica Community Schools

By Caroline Llanes – The second largest teachers’ union in the state has filed an unfair labor practice charge against...

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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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