Education

In a rare Zoom-only meeting of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, regents reiterated their refusal to meet protesters' demands for divestment from Israel.

A bill in the Michigan House would require every public high school to offer at least one computer science class.

Over 120 college students in Mason County have received over $63,000 in scholarships while attending West Shore Community College. Students can use the money for buying class-related supplies.

A coalition of K-12 school leaders have sent a letter requesting a series of changes to state education funding to Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate.

Play production and workshops line up with mass shooting's 25th anniversary.

The Board passed a resolution that says the financial data most charter schools make public isn’t as comprehensive as that offered by traditional public school districts.

Central Michigan University received $15 million in state funds to establish the Michigan Consortium for Addressing Rural Education Expansion and Retention (MiCAREER) Resource Hub, a program that offers a pathway to obtaining a teaching license for people who already have college degrees in rural areas.

Cheboygan Area Schools have signed a contract with SiteLogIQ for $18 million to repair, renovate and replace aging infrastructure in several school buildings. Area voters will decide the future of the project in May.

According to the United Way of Midland County, 45% of the County's 3rd graders are testing below reading level.

The meeting was billed as the committee’s first school-safety hearing of the year. But bi-partisan school safety legislation was not on the agenda—as Democratic committee leadership says it’s still being worked on.