Detroit Evening Report: Interviews underway to fill vacant Detroit school board seat
Detroit’s public schools board is interviewing candidates for its vacant seat this week. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on...
Detroit Evening Report: New Michigan pilot program aims to address turnover in early education
A new state pilot program kicking off this fall aims to reduce turnover and attract talent in early childhood education...
Canoemobile brings ‘floating classroom’ to Michigan’s waterways
More than 400 students got the opportunity to board a "floating classroom" at Lake Erie Metropark in May as part...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit nonprofit newsrooms collaborate on new project exploring student safety
A new reporting project from Chalkbeat Detroit, Planet Detroit and BridgeDetroit is exploring Detroit students’ perspectives on safety and violence.Subscribe...
The Metro: Ballot proposal aims to tax wealthiest Michiganders to help fund education
Michigan’s schools have struggled post-pandemic, with students lagging behind in reading and math skills compared to other states. A coalition...
K-12 leaders say budget inaction leaves schools, students, families hanging
Michigan school districts face tough choices as their fiscal years began Tuesday while the Legislature remains deadlocked on the state...
Senate leadership: K-12 budget unlikely this week
Michigan lawmakers left the state capitol Tuesday night again without passing a new state budget for K-12 schools. Tuesday was...
Lawmakers fail to reach K-12 budget agreement, Senate adds more time
Michigan lawmakers went home without passing a new budget for K-12 schools Thursday night. That’s despite, both meeting for hours...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan’s first and only HBCU joins online consortium of Historically Black Colleges
Michigan’s only HBCU is a part of a consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities launching “eHBCU” on Tuesday. Pensole...
Legislation would give protections to Michigan college athletes seeking name, image, likeness deals
There’s new legislation in Lansing aimed at preventing universities and other groups from interfering with Michigan college athletes earning money by marketing...
Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall says education budgets could be done by July 1
The July 1 deadline for the Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to have a budget deal wrapped up arrives in...
The Metro: New public health school emerging at Wayne State University
Wayne State University is opening the city’s first standalone School of Public Health. The school is designed to train health...