Blog tagged as Education

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 01/25/2023) Providing one-on-one tutoring to COVID-impacted students and expanded pre-Kindergarten classes for 4-year-olds were the education highlights on Wednesday evening's State of the State address.

The Michigan Department of Education has found 112 more schools throughout 54 school districts that will need to partner with the state to improve academics because of low scores or graduation rates, bringing the number to 255.

Seven of Michigan’s most-populated counties saw a combined 31% increase in local school board candidates from the 2018 to 2022 midterm elections, according to a count by MIRS.

The Whitmer administration asked state Superintendent Michael Rice to take another look its at LGBTQ training videos . . .”

The House Fiscal Agency predicted $60 million a year from the I-Casino/Sports Betting law. The law's sponsor had it at $100 million.