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The Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether schools can be held liable for failing to protect students from sexual harassment by other students.
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A bill introduced in the State Senate by Dayna Polehanki, a Democrat from Livonia, would make kindergarten mandatory. Currently, students in the state don’t have to attend school until first grade.
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“Some people are very excited about it. They embrace it. They see it as bringing a really dynamic future to education,” said Dr. Sapna Thwaite, the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan Flint.
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Cleary is skipping letters of recommendation, admissions essays, a lengthy application form, and application fees for Livingston County graduates with at least a 2.0 GPA.
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The numbers of school libraries and librarians in Michigan have declined sharply over the past two decades, but two Michigan state senators have introduced bills they will hope will restore them.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer will consider whether to act under a rarely used state law to dismiss public officials for misconduct.
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MSU board agreed to censure some of its members at a meeting last night.
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A group of 2,000 documents was being transferred Friday, but the transfer of all 9,000 documents will take about a month, MSU spokesperson Emily Guerrant said.
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MSU retained law firm Miller and Chevalier to look into allegations against Board Chair Rema Vassar. The firm substantiated multiple misconduct claims against Vassar and Trustee Dennis Denno.
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How the Board of Education is reacting to restructuring of the Michigan Department of Education, the history of one of the first African Americans to settle in the Lansing area and an artifact from his life, and a series on how opiate settlement money is being spent across Michigan.
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The state also saw a decline in high school drop outs.
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The dispute exploded recently after the board rejected a negotiated settlement over a pair of union grievances.