Michigan GOP Legislative Leaders Still Sitting on $300 Million for COVID-19 Safety in Schools
Local school districts have done their best to deal with the reality of holding in-person classes amid a deadly pandemic...
How to Knock Down Barriers That Get in the Way of Students of Color and Low-Income Students
Low-income students and students of color disproportionately face educational barriers, which were only exacerbated as the pandemic forced children to adapt...
Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter and Student Activist React to Oxford School Shooting
A 15-year-old sophomore at Oxford High School will be charged as an adult and faces life in prison for killing...
Stephen Henderson on Oxford School Shooting: We’re Still Not Having the Right Conversations
The following is an essay from WDET Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: We are still learning lots of details about...
Federal Money May Have Helped Residents Pay Tax Bills on Time, Wayne County Treasurer Says
Darci E. McConnell Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree says due to stimulus checks and unemployment benefits last year, more Wayne...
Southeast Michigan Schools Cancel Classes Ahead of Thanksgiving Holiday Amid COVID-19 Surge
Several Metro Detroit school districts will close for this entire week as officials battle a rise in COVID-19 cases. That...
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winner Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Discusses Disparities That Persist in American Life
Some awards you can’t apply for -- you can’t even find them. Instead, they find you. So it goes with one...
Everything You Need to Know About Newly Available COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids
Despite the lingering threat of COVID-19 and the frustrations caused by Americans who refuse to get their shots, vaccines have...
Michigan Schools Roll Out Vaccination Plans for 5- to 11-Year-Old Students
Michigan schools are making plans to start vaccinating elementary-age students as early as this week. Oakland Schools has partnered with...
Suspensions and Expulsions Hurt More Than They Help Metro Detroit Students, Says Criminal Justice Professor
Suspensions and expulsions are normal parts of discipline in the American school system, occurring almost as frequently as “timeouts.” In his new book...
School Voucher Supporters Hope to Get Around Whitmer’s Veto
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed Republican-led bills that would have created tax breaks for private school education in Michigan. MichMash hosts...
U.S. Education Secretary Says Build Back Better Plan Transforms Schooling in Michigan
President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation continues to wind its tortuous way towards the Congressional finish line. In the face...