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To reform Michigan's public education system, a new report finds the state should better structure its governance over policy.
LANSING, Mich. — State officials in Michigan announced changes this week to address administrative failures that have made it difficult for some of the state’s most vulnerable foster youths to ...
Michigan's budget, passed early Friday, includes a major overhaul of how the state funds special education, a change lawmakers said is meant to stem chronic underfunding of special education services.
The Michigan education stories we’re watching in 2025 Changes to the U.S. Department of Education could drastically alter the enforcement of federal civil rights laws in local schools.
With Democrats in control of the Michigan Legislature for the first time in decades, several education policy changes and priorities they have long fought for became a reality in 2023.
Michigan fourth-graders' reading scores will remain in the bottom 10 states nationally at the end of this decade unless the state makes changes such as implementing a new weighted school funding ...
Michigan's top education official said the results showed the continued toll on student learning from the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020, which closed schools in some districts for more than ...
LANSING, Mich. — Major changes could be on the way for higher education in Michigan, shifting millions away from public universities. It comes from a new budget plan approved in the House Higher ...
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democratic lawmakers are hoping to update the state's sexual education curriculum for the first time in decades. House Bill 6068, introduced by Rep. Rachel Hood (D ...
Not to mention, the Michigan Education Association is calling for the state to move away from its 401(k)-style retirement plan. In the most consequential change, the Legislature is delegating ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a new law that changes the evaluation process for public school teachers in Michigan.