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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 ...
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 House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, told reporters Wednesday that the state would be better served by removing decision-making on education issues from the federal level and ...
David Arsen, a professor of education policy at Michigan State University, said the change moves the state in the right direction, but will still not fully fund special education requirements.
Democratic lawmakers in Michigan are criticizing the Trump administration's proposed changes to the U.S. Department of Education, including potential funding cuts. They argue that these changes ...
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.
When Michigan native and Republican megadonor Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education in a narrow Senate vote in 2017, she sparked controversy and widespread criticism, including pushback ...
UM, MSU and Wayne State say they're monitoring a host of issues under the new Trump administration, including research funding and health care policy.
Of $3.7 billion in American Rescue Plan dollars that Michigan has specifically for schools, only about 20 percent has been spent, said Jen DeNeal, Education Trust-Midwest's director of policy and ...
Josh Cowen, professor of education policy at Michigan State University’s College of Education, said he sees Trump’s latest actions as a sign he intends to make good on his campaign promise to ...