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On today’s show, we discussed the state legislature’s education budget for 2022. Then we hear from a historian about the two Kellogg brothers and their legacy in Battle Creek. Afterward, we have a conversation about the preservation of Michigan’s lighthouses. Then, to finish up the week, we discuss the expansion of the Big Ten conference into California.
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Eastern Michigan University will give up student housing fees to two private companies for the next 35 years in exchange for the renovation and construction of university housing. The agreement leases the University’s campus housing system to EMU Campus Living, LLC. The company will design, build, renovate, maintain and operate most aspects of the buildings
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On today's show, we discussed the recent firing of the Grand Rapids Police Officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, as well as the continuing baby formula shortage in Michigan. Then, a paleontologist talked about all things mastodons, and an education reporter gave an update on changing curriculum. Plus, an update on the Woodward Bar and Grill, which recently burned in a fire
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Canada prepares to implement a freeze on imports and sales of handguns. Also, the Ann Arbor Academy is a school that serves students with neurodivergent learning differences and disabilities who struggle in traditional classrooms. Finally, Detroit author Aaron Foley’s first novel, Boys Come First, tells the story of three gay Black men as they navigate millennial life in Detroit.
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U of M researchers found math achievement for school-age children in Flint decreased and the proportion of children with special needs increased as a result of the Michigan city’s water crisis during 2014-16.
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Legislation aimed at helping Michigan students who show signs of dyslexia made it out of the state Senate Wednesday.
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Some inmates received a college degree this week at the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia.
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A proposal to change Michigan's term limits rules heads to ballot. A look at how the pandemic affected the mental health of teenagers and what help can be provided. Planned Parenthood of Michigan prepares for the overturn of Roe V Wade. And what the Michigan Supreme Court must consider with challenges to the state's 1931 law banning abortions.
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There was a big debate in the state House this week on language in the nearly $20 billion K-12 schools budget that would financially sanction schools that allow transgender athletes to compete outside their sex assigned at birth.
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What we know about the death of Patrick Lyoya, who was killed by a Grand Rapids police officer during a traffic stop. Detroit’s worsening asthma problem and severe racial disparities. And, the surprising ways Michigan schools are using $6B in Covid relief funds.