To reform Michigan's public education system, a new report finds the state should first better structure its governance over ...

The Michigan education stories we’re watching in 2025 Changes to the U.S. Department of Education could drastically alter the enforcement of federal civil rights laws in local schools.

LANSING, Mich. — State officials in Michigan announced changes this week to address administrative failures that have made it difficult for some of the state’s most vulnerable foster youths to ...

Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, told reporters Wednesday that the state would be better served by removing decision-making on education issues from the federal level and ...

With Democrats in control of the Michigan Legislature for the first time in decades, several education policy changes and priorities they have long fought for became a reality in 2023.

Democratic lawmakers in Michigan are criticizing the Trump administration's proposed changes to the U.S. Department of Education, including potential funding cuts. They argue that these changes ...

LANSING, Mich. — Major changes could be on the way for higher education in Michigan, shifting millions away from public universities. It comes from a new budget plan approved in the House Higher ...

When Michigan native and Republican megadonor Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education in a narrow Senate vote in 2017, she sparked controversy and widespread criticism, including pushback ...

Of $3.7 billion in American Rescue Plan dollars that Michigan has specifically for schools, only about 20 percent has been spent, said Jen DeNeal, Education Trust-Midwest's director of policy and ...

I take being a member of the State Board of Education seriously. That is why I feel obligated to point out Michigan’s K-12 governance structure is ill-prepared to handle the changes coming at ...

MATTAWAN, Mich. — Michigan created the Department of Education State Advisory Council in 2020 to look at how student input could help shape education policies.

Josh Cowen, professor of education policy at Michigan State University’s College of Education, said he sees Trump’s latest actions as a sign he intends to make good on his campaign promise to ...