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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...

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Michigan 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...

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Blue 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...

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Shorter 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,...

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Gov. 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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