Michigan Education & Schools News

Classroom issues, policy and teachers

Should teachers text students? Or be their friends on Facebook? Full story »

The Western Michigan University board of trustees today approved moving forward with developing a school of medicine and accepted a $1.8 million anonymous gift to seed the project. The board authorized securing the services of a dean pro tem for the medical school, filing a notice of intent with the national Liaison Committee on Medical Education to begin the accreditation... Full story »

LANSING — A federal report suggests six of every 10 jobs saved or created by the federal stimulus package in Michigan is tied to education. The report Monday from the U.S. Department of Education says more than 13,600 Michigan jobs affected by the Recovery Act are in education. Last week the federal government said that about 22,500 jobs in the... Full story »

With cuts of nearly $300 per student looming and some districts looking at losing as much as $600 per student, think tanks, business groups and education advocates are calling for looking again at the way Michigan pays for public schools. Full story »

Saying school district boundaries “reflect a Michigan that no longer exists,” a state House member is backing a bill to merge districts. Full story »

Detroit Public Schools in 2001 and 2002 overpaid millions on property for Cass Tech and Detroit School of Arts after a company "flipped" the parcels for considerable profit. Full story »

State asks school districts to "reimagine" educational system -- that's not going to cut it. Full story »

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan says our education system needs to look at the new three R’s. “The solution will be a mix of revenues, reforms and reductions. We need all three,” said Flanagan in a release. The State Board of Education approved a Resolution calling for Michigan school districts to continue to ReImagine the pre-K-12 educational... Full story »

More students have enrolled in Detroit Public Schools than officials expected, thanks in part to a program aimed at keeping kids or persuading their parents to return them to the district. Full story »

LANSING — The State Board of Education is meeting to talk about funding as school districts face cuts of nearly $300 or more per student. The board was to meet on Nov. 10, but moved up the meeting after Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a public schools budget last Monday that contained a cut of $165 per student for all schools... Full story »

GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- Local school districts are still reeling form the latest wave of proposed cuts to their budgets -- and some now say they plan to go to Lansing to try to get lawmakers to revers course. Gov. Jennifer Granholm on Thursday proposed cutting funding to $127 per-student and comes on top of a $165 per-student cut ordered... Full story »

District officials have called a second meeting Wednesday with a subcommittee of parents of students at Alexander and Campus elementary schools and Southeast Academic Center to discuss possible closings. Full story »

Official forced out earlier this decade says tax increases aren't the long-term solution. Full story »

Superintendents and school board members gave the governor an earful Friday in Grand Rapids. Full story »

While H1N1 is surging across the state, WXYZ-TV says the Michigan Department of Community Health figures for Thursday don't indicate that the virus has been confirmed in the closings. Full story »