Public Education
Michiganâs underperforming public schools require state-mandated âcomprehensive supportâ(The Center Square) â Fifty-four Michigan school districts and 112 schools will receive required state partnership intervention, according to an announcement Tuesday from the Michigan Department of Education. The department partners… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Michigan Department of Education provided educators with materials on how to create a âGay Straight Allianceâ club(Daily Caller) â The Michigan Department of Education (MDOE) promoted resources for educators on how to start a âGay Straight Allianceâ (GSA) club in their schools, according to training materials. Read More
Legislation, Public Education
Democratic majorities in Lansing will target public charter schools(The Center Square) â Michigan Democrats and public school advocacy groups plan to regulate public charter schools among repealing the state’s third-grade reading law and other education changes. Michigan Democrats… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Grand Rapids Public Schools’ COVID spending includes D.C. field trips, equity consulting(The Center Square) â Grand Rapids Public Schools received more than $100 million of COVID relief to help 14,000 kids recover from pandemic learning loss. The recovery spending ranged from… Read More
Public Education
Michigan Dems want to repeal third grade reading law, reform or repeal standardized testing(The Center Square) â Democrats seized a political trifecta in Lansing for the first time in 40 years, and now two legislators are suggesting changing the state’s education policies. Sen. Read More
Culture, Public Education
Stephen Colbert said Tudor Dixon âmade upâ story of dad who found explicit book at school. Dad says, âJust Google itâThe story of what one dad found in his son’s school is so shocking, late-night host Stephen Colbert said the political candidate who told it made it up. Read More
Legislation, Public Education
Michigan ranks poorly in public school open-enrollment study(The Center Square) â Michigan has some catching up to do with other states when it comes to providing open enrollment opportunities for the stateâs public-school students. The Reason Foundationâs … Read More
Public Education
Federal court to Ann Arbor Public Schools: stop gagging student speech on Proposal 3(The Center Square) â A federal court has ordered Ann Arbor Public Schools to stop gagging conservative studentsâ political speech about Proposal 3. The court order follows Skyline High… Read More
Public Education
Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s pandemic school-closure claim heavily scrutinized(The Center Square) â The negative repercussions of the Michigan school closures include national test scores so low as to prompt state leaders to distance themselves from mandating extended in-person school… Read More
Public Education
Michigan governor candidates Whitmer, Dixon spar over education, abortion, and more in debate(The Center Square) â Education, abortion, energy and infrastructure were debated by Michigan gubernatorial candidates Tuesday night in the second of two debates with only a fortnight remaining before Election… Read More
Legislation
Michigan voters to decide between gubernatorial candidates taking opposing views on school choiceBoth candidates for Michigan governor have been highly vocal on education â but their views on school choice could hardly be any more different. Democratic incumbent Gretchen… Read More
Public Education
âParents are sick of itâ: Michigan mom slams school board for silencing parents(Daily Caller) â A Michigan mom blasted the Dearborn school board for recessing a meeting during a Wednesday morning appearance on Fox News, claiming they tried to silence parents after… Read More
Culture
Fired physician assistant sues Michigan Health claiming termination over religious beliefs about gender(The Center Square) â A physician assistant who claims she was fired after seeking a religious exemption from referring patients for transgender care and using their preferred personal pronouns has… Read More
Culture
Michigan governor, Health Department mum on $50M request, abortion(The Center Square) â A request for $50 million in Michigan taxpayer funding of family planning services is as notable for what it does not say as what it does. Read More
Public Education
Contentious school board meeting over sexually explicit books ended by fire marshal, but was overcrowding the real reason?A large group of parents protesting sexually explicit books in the districtâs libraries prompted the fire marshal to suspend a Michigan school board meeting Monday. But was overcrowding the… Read More
Public Education
Whitmer administration to hire âsexual orientationâ and âexpressionâ consultant for foster kids(Daily Caller) â The administration of Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a contract for a child foster care consultant on gender identity and sexual orientation, according to documents made… Read More
Culture
Michigan mother sues school board over COVID-19 policy âretaliationâ(The Center Square) â After Sandra Hernden voiced her opinion to the Chippewa Valley School District school board, she says the district retaliated. Now sheâs suing the district with help… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Parent group challenges school districtâs planned âTransgender Awareness Weekâ(Dailey Caller) â A grassroots initiative is sounding the alarm on a Michigan school district that plans to host a transgender awareness week in November. Bloomfield Hills School District in… Read More
Legislation
Dixon, conservative group campaign for parental rights in kids’ education(The Center Square) â While state Democrats are touting massive bipartisan public education spending increases during Gov. Gretchen Whitmerâs first term, some Republicans this campaign season are emphasizing parental… Read More
Culture
Some Michigan schools keep mum on COVID relief spending(The Center Square) â Theoretically, taxpayers should be able to see how Michigan schools are spending $5.7 billion of taxpayer money to recover from COVID-19-related learning loss. Read More