Education

Jenise Williams, a first-year kindergarten teacher at Burns Elementary-Middle School in Detroit, is enjoying her rookie year helping students become better readers. At the...

A 22-year-old woman came forward Wednesday as the plaintiff in a previously anonymous lawsuit against Michigan State University over her alleged rape by members...

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, making the case for increasing funding for charter schools and education choice —...

In my first term as lieutenant governor, I led the bipartisan and bicameral Mental Health and Wellness Commission. We took a comprehensive and expansive...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is one of almost two dozen top state law enforcement officials from around the country who are demanding better...

Officials from the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) defended their proposed new standards for the state’s social studies curriculum on Tuesday during an occasionally...

Michigan State University’s graduate student employee union is crying foul over the university’s rejection of its latest contract re-negotiation, which it says will negatively...

The State Board of Education has announced the names of the five candidates who will be considered for Michigan’s state superintendent. Those five semifinalists, out...

Portions of a new grading system for public schools may violate federal law, according to Michigan’s top education officials — but GOP legislative leaders...

Updated, 5:33 p.m., with DeVos' statement. Following an intense outcry and two very uncomfortable Capitol Hill committee hearings this week for U.S. Education Secretary Betsy...