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More Michigan Schools Improve
The share of Michigan public schools making progress toward meeting academic performance goals has increased for the third consecutive year. That’s according to an annual report released Wednesday by...
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State School Aid Budget Expected To Increase
The past few years have been years of subtraction for Michigan schools, as school funding has declined each year, sometimes compounded by cuts in the middle of the year. However, this next year, money...
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Granholm Touting Michigan Schools on MSNBC
During this National Education Week, Governor Granholm is showcasing some of the successes in Michigan schools. This comes on the heels of President Obama’s call for a longer school year and higher...
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Energy Works Michigan Reports $10M Energy Savings For K-12 Schools
As students and teachers return to school during a time of strapped budgets, 39 Michigan K-12 schools will save $10 million in heating, cooling and other energy costs, reports Energy Works Michigan....
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Michigan Schools Tout Spots On US News List
Several Michigan schools ranked among the top universities in the nation in US News & World Report’s 2012 edition of “Best Colleges.” Michigan Technological University, Michigan State University,...
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Time To Count Heads In Michigan Schools
DETROIT (WWJ) – Wednesday is student count day in Michigan. It’s the day in which state funding for school districts is partially determined by how many students are in class. Detroit Public Schools...
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Michigan To Offer Free Tests To School Districts To Gauge Students
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan Department of Education is offering a new, voluntary tool for school districts to gauge whether students are on track for college and careers. The department is funding a...
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State Symposium To Chart Healthier, More Efficient Schools
MUSKEGON — In an effort to help shape the future of the educational experience for Michigan’s school-age children, — especially the healthiness and energy efficiency of schools — plans are being...
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“We Need To Be Wildly Successful” Says Arne Duncan In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan spent the day in Detroit, visiting a DPS school and an EAA school with Governor Rick Snyder. Duncan says the organization, invested in turning...
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Consumers Energy Awards $4.3M To Help Michigan Businesses, Schools Save Energy
JACKSON — Consumers Energy awarded $4.3 million in incentives through its Business Solutions program to fund 835 projects in the first quarter of 2013 to help Michigan businesses and schools become...
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Inkster, Buena Vista Schools Fail To Prove They’re Solvent
DETROIT (WWJ) – The Monday deadline has come and gone for two Michigan school districts — looking to prove to state officials that they do have enough money to open their doors in September for the...
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Inkster School District Dissolved, Teachers Terminated
INKSTER (WWJ/AP) - The financially struggling Inkster school district has officially been dissolved. The Wayne County Regional Education Service Agency’s Board of Education on Thursday night took...
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Buena Vista School District Officially Dissolved
BUENA VISTA TWP. (WWJ/AP) - A financially struggling Saginaw-area school district has been dissolved, forcing its nearly 400 students to transfer to neighboring districts. The Saginaw Intermediate...
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Debate Brewing Over Lost School Days
LANSING (WWJ) – By days… or by the hour? The debate is on over exactly how Michigan school kids should make up for lost time in the classroom this Winter. 170 days or 1,098 hours… that’s how much time...
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Snyder May Move School Turnaround District To Agency He Controls
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Gov. Rick Snyder is considering a shake-up of Michigan’s office charged with turning around failing schools. The state school reform/redesign district is in the state Department...
View ArticleMichigan House Approves $55.8 Billion Budget With A Boost For School Funding
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Base funding would increase by $100 per student under a $55.8 billion budget plan approved Tuesday by a divided Michigan House, which also voted to give schools significantly more...
View ArticleBlue Cross To Donate Salad Bars To Michigan Schools
(CBS DETROIT) – Seventeen Michigan schools will get salad bars through a partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the United Start Foundation. Since 2015, BCBSM says it has supported 91...
View ArticleShorter Summer: Some Michigan Schools May Begin Before Labor Day
MICHIGAN (CBS DETROIT) – Summer break could be getting shorter for hundreds of Michigan students. Many of the students in Berrien County are considering an early start date before Labor Day. Right now,...
View ArticleGov. Whitmer Opposes Requiring Schools To Offer In-Person Classes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was unreceptive to Republican-passed legislation that would require public schools to offer in-person instruction to students in kindergarten...
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More Than 50 Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Michigan Schools Monday
(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported there are new coronavirus outbreaks in more than 50 Michigan schools. On Monday, the data released by state health...
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More Than 20 New Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Michigan Schools
(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported there are new coronavirus outbreaks in more than 20 Michigan schools. On Monday, Dec. 21 the data released by state health...
View ArticleMichigan High Schools Allowed To Resume In-Person Instruction Monday, Most...
(CBS Detroit)– After being required to shut down in November due to rising Coronavirus cases, high schools in Michigan are allowed to reopen for in person learning Monday, but with cases still being...
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More Than 25 New Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Michigan Schools
(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported there are new coronavirus outbreaks in more than 25 Michigan schools. On Monday, Jan. 25 the data released by state health...
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20 New Coronavirus Outbreaks Reported In Michigan Schools
(CBS DETROIT) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported there are new coronavirus outbreaks in 20 Michigan schools. On Monday, Feb. 22, the data released by state health officials...
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Whitmer Signs K-12 Funding Budget Aimed At Creating Equity
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed off on a $17.1 billion K-12 budget on Tuesday, July 13, in Grand Rapids in an effort to close a decades-long funding gap among school districts in...
View ArticleDetroit Charter School Door To Door Efforts To Find Students Missing From...
(CBS DETROIT)- About a week after the start of school for Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences, staff noticed about 40% of students had not returned. I an effort to ensure their safety, staff went door...
View ArticleBallot Drive Launched To Bypass Gov. Whitmer Veto Of Voucher Plan
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A ballot drive was launched Monday to sidestep Gov. Gretchen Whitmer‘s planned veto of Republican-proposed legislation that would authorize a school voucher-style system in...
View ArticleGenesee County Dropping School Mask Order On Dec. 22
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A mandatory mask order in Genesee County schools will be lifted on Dec. 22, the health department said Monday. The department strongly recommends that students still wear masks,...
View ArticleDetroit Schools Shifting To Online Learning On Fridays In December To Ease...
DETROIT (CBS Detroit/AP) — The Detroit Public Schools Community District said it will switch to online learning on Fridays in December in response to rising COVID-19 cases and the need for mental...
View ArticleMichigan Schools Taking Thanksgiving Week Off As COVID Cases Rise
(CBS Detroit/AP) — Several school districts in Michigan have pulled the plug on classes the entire week due to the massive COVID surge seen across the state. Detroit, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti school...
View ArticleWhitmer Seeks $300M For COVID-19 Testing At Michigan Schools
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration said it wants lawmakers to quickly allocate $300 million in federal pandemic rescue funding to support COVID-19 testing at schools amid a...
View ArticleMore Than 100 Michigan Schools Close Due To Copycat Threats After Oxford High...
(CBS Detroit) — More than 100 schools have closed across Michigan following the shooting at Oxford High School and copycat threats. About 80 of those schools are in the Metro Detroit area. Many schools...
View ArticleMDHHS Updates COVID-19 Quarantine Guidance For Michigan Schools
LANSING, Mich. (CBS Detroit) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is updating guidance for schools amid a COVID surge. According to the department: You isolate when you are infected...
View ArticleOxford School Board Holds First Meeting Since Tragic High School Shooting
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS Detroit) — The Oxford Community Schools district held its first school board meeting Tuesday since the deadly shooting at Oxford High School. Superintendent Tim Thorne...
View ArticleMichigan Gov. Whitmer Signs Bill For Non-Teaching Staff To Work As Subs
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan public schools can use non-teaching staff as substitute teachers the rest of the academic year under a law designed to address a shortage during the coronavirus pandemic....
View ArticleMichigan Officials Urge Schools To Delay Or Make Large Events Virtual
LANSING, Mich. (CBS Detroit/AP) — Michigan health and education officials are urging schools to postpone or make virtual large gatherings, including sporting events, if they are not “essential” — as...
View ArticleMichigan Schools Hiring More Than 500 Mental Health Staffers
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Schools across Michigan are recruiting 562 mental and physical health professionals, the governor announced as experts said the increase is needed after years of understaffing and...
View ArticleSome Michigan Schools Expecting COVID Surge Go Virtual, Cancel Classes
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — The continued rise in coronavirus cases across Michigan and an expected surge following Christmas and the New Year has extended the holiday break for some students. Classes...
View ArticleMichigan School Closings: Several Districts Canceling Classes, Going Virtual...
(CBS Detroit) — Several school districts are moving virtual or canceling classes amid a winter storm. The Detroit Public Schools Community District will remain virtual through the end of the week....
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