Education

The State Board of Education will consider a proposal to update standards for new music education teachers for the first time since 2004.

More than 30 school districts in Michigan are suing over a stipulation in the state budget that requires them to waive certain legal rights in order to access funding for school safety.

Michael Carbonara's name appears on the permit application and various business documents in connection with a bitcoin mine in the eastern Upper Peninsula. A local school is suing the operation over the noise being produced by the super computers.

Bay Mills Community College received the donation from the Mackenzie Scott Foundation. The foundation said the college can use the money however they see fit.

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine announced its new partnership with Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital in northern Michigan. The partnership will be part of a program to train medical students in rural hospitals.

The new no-cellphone policy across all schools means “I’m not being bothered,” Lake High School Ryleigh Foster said. “The detachment, it feels good.”

A task force created in 2024 has released its final report, recommending that Michigan raise the firearm purchase age, ban assault weapons and serial numberless home-built “ghost guns,” and outlaw bump stocks.

Across the state, schools saw a higher success rate in passing bonds than in the past two elections. Still, central and northern school districts mostly rejected bond proposals.

Michigan lawmakers are debating a bill that would require school board candidates to run with party labels, ending the state’s long nonpartisan tradition. Education groups warn the proposal could inject politics into local districts and limit who can serve.

The grant would help colleges better track academic progress so students can automatically get a two-year degree once they meet the requirements—even if they already transferred out.