Hundreds of thousands of people packed Cobo Center in Detroit over the past two weeks for the North American International Auto Show. There were lots of hot cars and new models, but what about actual transportation in the city itself?
On today's show, we'll ask what would better public transportation mean for Detroit – a place so deeply rooted in car culture.
And then, you've no doubt heard that the Super Bowl happens. We'll talk to the Kalamazoo author of "Sportuality." She's pushing for a bit more spirituality in everyday sports.
But first on the show, we talk about a new report that found the state's poorest children have failed to make up any ground in their reading skills in the past decade.
According to the the latest Kids Count report, 81% of low income 4th-graders in Michigan are not reading proficiently.
Michigan is among six states that have seen no improvement in that rate since 2003.
Jane Zehnder-Merrell is the project director for Kids Count Michigan and she joined us today.
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