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Today is Count Day here in Michigan. That's when every student sitting at his or her desk translates into state dollars for that district. Across the…
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Now that the teachers and students are back in school, I can’t resist turning my attention to school sports, one of my favorite subjects.I am a proud 1982…
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There are those who think that Governor Rick Snyder has been made to bear too much of the blame for the mess in Flint.There may be some truth in that.The…
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LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder is urging calm ahead of Michigan's release of the lowest-performing public schools, saying there is a "misperception"…
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Tregan Bradley, a rising senior at University YES Academy in Detroit, had been hearing rumors from his teachers over the summer.“One of my favorite…
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This is an unusually slow year for new charter schools, according to the state charter association, which says the seven charters opening this fall are…
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Michigan's Schools of Choice program is now 20 years old. In some parts of the state, the competition for students can be intense. Public school districts…
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Across the state, many Michigan schools are struggling to keep pace with national averages. The U.S. as a whole is struggling to keep up with other…
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Several schools around the state closed Monday in response to threats made on social media over the weekend.Four schools closed for the day, and one…
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We're going to go out on a limb here and say most parents want to know how their child's school measures up in terms of standardized test scores,…