Gov. Whitmer signed off Thursday on a bipartisan package of bills to protect Michigan children from lead contaminated-water. The “filter first” bills will implement the Clean Drinking Water Act and require Michigan schools and childcare…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer cheered enrollment increases at nine Michigan universities as high school graduates eligible for the Michigan Achievement scholarship enter college. “Michiganders deserve the opportunity to get a high-quality, affordable higher education so…
The Senate Education Committee at its Tuesday meeting discussed bills that would change the standards schools use to evaluate the performance of teachers and school administrators. Senate Bill 395 and 396, introduced by Education Committee…
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed bipartisan bills that aim to help alleviate the state’s teacher shortage and reduce traffic congestion. House Bill 4752, sponsored by state Rep. Matthew Koleszar (D-Plymouth), will encourage public school…
From the remote parts of northern Alaska to the coastal edges of Florida, Native American Boarding Schools were set up in or near tribal nations to assimilate Indigenous children into white, Christian, American society. The…
WASHINGTON — One of Thomasina Brown’s favorite books is a memoir about a girl who deals with the grief of losing her father and struggles with her sexual identity. Brown, a 16-year-old student at Nixa…