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Meet Michigan’s floating post office: How mail gets to Great Lakes freighters

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You’ve Got Mail: How a small boat delivers packages and more to passing Great Lakes freighters.

‘Sanity caucus’ shepherds preschool reform, dollars through capital gridlock

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Class in Upper Peninsula school sparks students’ interest in powering the world

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On horizon for preschools: More public-private partnerships

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Talent & Education

State adopts ‘nation’s largest’ expansion of early childhood funding

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Michigan moves into national forefront of preschool funding

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Long-simmering GOP-MEA ‘war’ intensifies going into 2014

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Region struggles with sick economy, sick families

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Schools, colleges aren’t preparing students for careers in Michigan

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Bridge sweeps online news category in Detroit SPJ contest

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Consensus on Common Core school standards evaporating

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Change the school focus from spending more to spending smart

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Easier carry permits haven’t led to more gun deaths

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