Blog tagged as Education

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/29/22) Differences in education policy between Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon and legislative Democrats were highlighted during the Republican Red Wave Party following Saturday’s nominating convention.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/17/22) The number of school districts requesting waivers to start the school year before Labor Day continued its slow rise going into the 2022-23 school year, according to Department of Education data.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/10/22) On Wednesday afternoon, the Let MI Kids Learn Ballot initiative filed 520,598 signatures with the Bureau of Elections.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/04/2022) The Michigan Attorney General’s Office is looking into a complaint filed by a one-time business partner of former Board of Education member Jason Strayhorn, who resigned from office July 29 for what he said was an unrelated reason.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/03/2022) Only 44 of the more than the 760 local tax and bonding issues failed during the Aug. 2 primary election and problems were minor, but one election issue may cause headaches for a Thumb-area school district.