Tracie Mauriello

It's unclear if Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will sign the bill waiving some requirements for substitutes this year to ease a nationwide shortage.

Trying to change gun laws hasn’t worked, says a mother whose son died in a school shooting. Instead, she encourages compassion and relationships.

Students are finding fewer selections in school cafeterias this year because of supply chain issues.

Michigan superintendents are worried about meeting the required 180 days and 1,098 hours of instruction required for their full allocations of state funding

A teacher shortage in the state’s public schools has grown worse during the pandemic. State Supt. Michael Rice wants to make it easier to certify teachers while providing financial incentives to get more young people into the profession.

The Michigan House dove into the national debate over critical race theory on Tuesday when the GOP forced through a bill sharply restricting school lessons that promote race or gender stereotyping.

School choice advocates are battling in the courts and Legislature to get taxpayer funding for private school tuition.

Changing policies to report fewer outbreaks in Michigan schools won’t reduce infections among kids, but it will provide less information to worried parents.

Scores fall, in some cases alarmingly so. But educators caution against reading too much into results from a year in which students were in and out of classrooms.

If Michigan’s experience is similar to other states, brace yourself for lower standardized test scores and bigger gaps between racial and income groups, caused by the pandemic.

Michigan schools are investing heavily in summer school to accelerate learning. They are hiring reading, math and behavioral specialists (and a few drones) as students transition back to classrooms.

The board, by a 6-2 vote, rejected a non-binding resolution by Republican members to prevent schools from requiring masks, COVID tests or quarantining unvaccinated students. One GOP member was in tears.

Michigan schools want the option of offering hybrid in-person and online learning for students who want it, but accounting rules may not allow it.

Some Michigan school districts are opening full-time, online schools as an alternative to traditional classrooms, on the belief that not all families will want to return to school buildings this year.

Michigan families would have had access to $1,000 scholarships for outside-of-school tutoring to help elementary reading skills. School leaders questioned whether the scholarships would help students most in need, or those with the resources to find tutors.

Taxpayers spend $4.4 million for a standardized test that is supposed to help employers know who is qualified for jobs. One problem: Few employers use it.

Schools will receive base funding of $8,700 per student across the state, a goal lawmakers have worked toward since 1994.