To reform Michigan's public education system, a new report finds the state should first better structure its governance over ...

A recent report commissioned by the Michigan Department of Education has state education officials raising their eyebrows ...

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 ...

A new program is designed to incentivize early educators to stay in the field by helping child care businesses offer benefits to their employees.

The state paid $500,000 for a report on how to improve Michigan schools. Not all are thrilled with the recommendations.

Sixty schools in the Detroit school district provide specialized classes for students with disabilities. That number is ...

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.

If we don’t dramatically change what we’re doing, Michigan's young readers are projected to fall toward the bottom of the nation in rankings on reading performance — down from 32nd to 39th ...

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 ...

Last month, Education Trust joined the statewide coalition Michigan Partnership for Equity and Opportunity calling for funding weights of 35% to 100% spread across 12 poverty-concentration bands ...

Though Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed off on 321 public acts in 2023, not all of those laws immediately took effect upon getting her signature. That all changes as of Tuesday, Feb. 13.