Mid Year Media Review
Math games, time with friends, and her mother. That’s how ShaeLynn Troutman, a seventh grader at East Arbor Charter Academy outside Ypsilanti, describes the reasons she stays after school twice … Read More
Many Michigan school administrators say they’ve often served as stand-in public health officials during the pandemic. So it’s no surprise that districts across the state are eager to get some … Read More
Mariana Hernandez knew her son was struggling through the first year of COVID. His normally stellar grades had dropped to F’s, and he didn’t seem like himself. But she wasn’t … Read More
Michiganders hope schools will spend federal pandemic relief funds on expanded tutoring programs to help students who have fallen behind and on mental health resources, according to a new poll … Read More
The Detroit school board is backing Superintendent Nikolai Vitti as he enters his fifth year at the helm of Michigan’s largest school district. Vitti won high marks on his annual … Read More
Most students are expected back in classrooms this fall, but the number of students learning via computer will likely remain well above pre-pandemic levels. Many Michigan families and educators experienced … Read More
In late March, as COVID ripped through Michigan at nation-leading rates, L’Anse Creuse Middle School Central reported an outbreak. Eleven cases were reported in a week, seemingly touching a tiny … Read More
The Michigan Board of Education is directing state officials to request records from charter schools in coming months in an effort to show how the schools avoid releasing basic information … Read More
How do you capture the pandemic school year in a word or phrase? Ask the students that survived it. “Frustrating and terrible,” wrote Xynese Frazier. “I have bad Wi-Fi and … Read More
