To prosper, Michigan must be a more educated place. Bridge will explore the challenges in education and identify policies and initiatives that address them.
Guadalupe Huapilla-Perez, a hospitality business major at Michigan State University, is 'incredibly hard-working, focused, and ambitious,' her family said. In a post on GoFundMe, they said it could take her months to recover.
Communities across the state are showing their support for MSU victims and the University community as a whole by organizing candlelight vigils following the tragedy Monday night.
The board’s resolution came after a litigious group created a form for Michigan parents to exempt their children from exposure to ‘hyper-sexualization’ in school.
The alleged gunman is a 43-year-old who faced a felony gun charge that could have led to a lifetime bam on possessing a firearm if he was convicted. He was allowed to plead to a misdemeanor.
A fraternity president, a top-notch student and an aspiring pediatrician were the MSU students killed by a gunman in a campus attack. All three made huge impacts before their young lives were cut short.
Students who had spent their lives preparing for active shooters experience the terror of one. Many are still shaken. Some wonder if they should return to school.
Michigan State University senior Miranda Dunlap wrote a column this week in the student paper about her own painful experience reporting sexual assault to the school. In a Q and A, she tells Bridge how the school can improve the process.
The Democratic governor now has a Democratic Legislature and a giant budget surplus to pursue education priorities, including individualized tutoring, universal pre-school and other progressive policies.
Literacy, tutoring and preschool are among priorities in Whitmer’s education budget proposal, according to details emerging ahead of Wednesday’s release, all topics thought to have at least some Republican backing.
The governor’s proposed budget will call for continuing $9,600 stipends for student teachers and $10,000 scholarships for education majors. But her budget plans for 2024 is a small fraction of last year’s ask.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to expand the state’s free preschool program to all 4-year-olds, regardless of income. An MSU researcher who studies the Great Start Readiness Program explains what makes it work.
Universal pre-K is good for kids and the economy. But it’s expensive and the state faces several hurdles, including teacher shortages and a lack of transportation options for the 4-year-olds.
If the state law is repealed, public school teachers and other government employees will still be governed by a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prevents unions from requiring public employees to pay union dues. But labor leaders want to be prepared if that changes.
Democratic lawmakers are moving quickly to remove the part of the state’s third grade reading law that requires students a year or more behind to repeat the grade. The bill passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday.