Education

Elementary students in Mesick Consolidated Schools will no longer be using computers in the classroom as the district shifts gears towards a focus on literacy education.

Bipartisan bill would require K-5 teachers to take a time-intensive literacy training. Roughly 6,300 teachers have already completed the training.

Michigan has a shortage of public school counselors, and is next to the bottom nationally in student-counselor ratios.

A ballot proposal being circulated would raise personal income taxes for high earners to generate an estimated $1 billion a year in extra funding for public education.

The law creates a basic statewide policy for districts to follow when it comes to handling phones in schools. It only applies to instructional time in public and charter K-12 schools, but districts can pass their own stricter bans.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is eyeing a $250 per-student funding increase in the money the state gives public school districts. That’s according to a preview of her upcoming budget proposal.

The group included two Democrats, one Republican, and one Independent. Everyone across the political spectrum generally agreed that teachers need more help in the form of school counselors and other support staff.

The Michigan High School Athletic Association approved new rules that immediately allow student-athletes to profit from social media deals, autograph signings, and modeling.

Undergraduate and transfers students with at least 60 credit hours left before graduation will be eligible to enroll in the Central Career Guarantee program.

The school smartphone ban on the way to the state Senate would create exemptions for medical issues, lessons that involve devices, and for basic phones that can't download apps or use internet browsers.