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To reform Michigan's public education system, a new report finds the state should first better structure its governance over ...
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 ...
A group of Democratic state lawmakers decried the Trump Administration's sweep on the U.S. Department of Education in a news conference on Feb. 14.
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 ...
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.
EAST LANSING, Mich — Michigan State University (MSU) President Kevin Guskiewicz recently announced in a letter to the school's faculty that the university will soon implement budget cuts. The ...
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 ...