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Tuesday, state lawmakers plan to consider legislation to help school districts that have to make up snow days.Severe weather and bitter cold forced many…
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New A-F system will be "confusing, exasperating, and frustrating," says interim state superintendentIn the frantic bill passing of lame duck, the state Legislature pushed through an A-F grading system for Michigan schools. It requires the state to grade…
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A bill introduced by Representative Tim Kelly (R-Saginaw) passed yesterday with some amendments in the state House. If the education bill is passed in the…
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Nikolai Vitti, superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District, is strongly opposed to an education bill making its way through the state's…
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A 2006 state law says Michigan public schools must start after Labor Day. But this year, a record number of school districts received waivers to start…
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Michigan schools scored poorly in the latest National Assessment of Educational progress, which tracks math and reading skills in 4th and 8th graders.…
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State school superintendent Brian Whiston recently announced he's going on medical leave after being diagnosed with liver cancer.Whiston believes he has…
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Gov. Rick Snyder presented his final budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year to the House and Senate this week. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle…
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Some lawmakers in Lansing want to use an A through F grading system to rate schools in some categories.This isn’t the first time an A through F system has…
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What's happening with the state's poorest performing schools?The upcoming holiday break kind of marks the half-way point in the school year.That's…