The Michigan Department of Education’s most important legislative priorities for 2025 include more in-person instruction time for students, increased funding, expansion of career and technical education and boosting the number of certified teachers in areas of shortage.
The Detroit school district is hoping its new incentive program will motivate students to attend school daily and improve its 66% chronic absenteeism rate.
Michigan districts this week are notifying parents about a data breach from a prominent education software company in December. Many are still trying to figure out what comes next.
A host of new laws are coming to Michigan in 2025, from cage-free eggs to expanded unemployment benefits, along with wage and sick leave rules that lawmakers are still debating whether to change.
Detroit needs skilled young workers to help power its growth, but more than a quarter of Detroiters age 16 to 24 are not going to school or working. Nonprofit groups are using federal money to re-engage 'the kids everyone forgot.'
Several Michigan high schools have recently installed or approved the installation of artificial turf fields. A recent study found that injuries were more likely than on natural surfaces.
The state Department of Education reports progress toward achieving its educational strategic plan, including higher graduation rates, but the pandemic widened performance gaps, according to the CDC.
Michigan drivers will soon be subject to automatic traffic enforcement near construction zones and at school bus stops. Here’s what to know about the new law, designed to deter rulebreakers.
While House lawmakers calling it quits for the year, the Senate worked through the night in a record 29-hour meeting. Here’s what’s headed to the governor.
Government transparency, gun reforms, polluter pay proposals among more than 250 bills that died as the Michigan House abruptly adjourned for the year, ending Democratic control of the lower chamber.
The four bills would put restrictions on the use of taxpayer money to buy and lease private property and require more financial transparency for charter schools.
More doctors but fewer insurance options for the needy? Tax credits for private schools, but not EVs? Here’s what residents can expect in 2025 under President-elect Donald Trump.
Michigan will implement cameras in work zones to prevent construction-related crashes and on school buses to track people who fail to stop. The work-zone traffic systems can automatically issue tickets.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) unlocks grants and student loans. Michigan leaders are split on whether requiring students to fill out the form to graduate is a good idea.
Michigan Democrats have advanced a bill that would require students to attend kindergarten. It’s unclear how many students are not attending kindergarten right now.
Weekend camps, home visits and flexible transportation options make up some of the ways Lansing School District is aiming to improve its graduation rates.
