The state Legislature delivered on promises to preserve free school meals and increased per pupil funding, after months of tough negotiations ended in lawmakers passing an eight-day budget extension to iron out the final details.
‘We are, over time, doing a better job of putting teachers—the people who are closest to the work—in positions where they have actual authority over decision making.’
Up in the rural community of Wolverine, superintendent Matt Baughman is worried about how to keep his schools afloat if the Trump administration decides not to release federal funding for public education.
As school programs are being reviewed to ensure they align with President Donald Trump’s priorities, Michiganders and education advocates from across the state are speaking out.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is running for governor as a Democrat, is previewing her plan to bring Michigan’s education system from being one of the bottom 10 in the country to one of the top 10.
Students at Western International High School in Detroit say they are fearful and angry after immigration agents detained one of their classmates last month.
A new ballot initiative could turn the tide for students across the Great Lakes State by holding Michigan’s ultra-wealthy accountable for their fair share of taxes.
BY BEN SOLIS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—Underfunded public schools continue to be a political football in the Michigan Legislature, but a new coalition announced Thursday has a potential solution: taxing wealthy Michiganders and using the money to pay for schools....
Michigan Senate Democrats put forward a more than $1 billion funding increase for the state’s public schools Tuesday, with an emphasis on lowering elementary schools’ class sizes.
Republican state lawmakers are pushing dozens of new bills that aim to make changes at Michigan’s public schools—but many of them are unlikely to make their way into law.
