Education

Northwest Michigan is giving books to preschoolers in response to decreasing literacy rates. Declining donations and state funding uncertainty cast a shadow on the program. Other states fully fund the efforts.

Mid-Michigan school administrators are mulling over potential programming cuts, changes to the state's universal lunch program and staffing issues after the state legislature failed to meet its July 1 budget deadline.

Michigan’s State Board of Education is closer to filling the top education post after choosing Lisa Coons, Glenn Maleyko, and Judy Walton as finalists to be the next state superintendent.

Michigan K-12 students are supposed to get a minimum of 180 days of classroom instruction, but Superintendent Michael Rice says in reality, it's nowhere near that.

In vacation hotspots, schools struggle to find teachers because housing is often well beyond their pay. A bill pending in the state Legislature would allow schools to build or buy housing for their employees. Some say that’s a good idea but wonder how it’ll work.

Voters in Sault Ste. Marie will vote on a new school bond proposal. The Area Public school district says it won't raise taxes.

Central Michigan University is getting ready to welcome 12 students to its new nursing program. The program director says it's aimed at providing hospitals that are experiencing nursing shortages with the next generation of professionals.

Superintendents in the Upper Peninsula say allowing 15-seat passenger vans to transport students to extracurricular activities would save costs.

International students are having to wait for their visa interviews, and several visas have been revoked for current students. But several universities in Michigan say they are excited to welcome many new international students this upcoming academic year.

AmeriCorps members were working on environmental education and habitat restoration at parks and nature centers in rural areas across the country. Now federal cuts have eliminated many of those positions.