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The University of Michigan is recruiting and training volunteers from among its employees to serve as "protest/disruptions response" teams during commencement ceremonies next week, including at the main commencement at Michigan Stadium.
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The Dearborn Heights School District has introduced a new mental health service available 24/7 for users, the first in Michigan, through a text-based app called Counslr.
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Vitti joined the district as superintendent in 2017. The board voted 6-1 this week to extend his current contract through 2028, and give him a pay raise.
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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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The district and its teachers' union are at odds over pay and teacher retention issues
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The bills passed the state Senate on Tuesday. If passed, students would undergo screenings at least three times a year from kindergarten through third grade.
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This year’s first school safety hearing for the Michigan House Education Committee took place Monday night in Sterling Heights.
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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.