Blog tagged as Education

(Source: MIRS.news, Published July 27, 2022) Who'll be the Republican gubernatorial nominee isn't the only thing being settled Aug. 2. The fates of more than $1.13 billion in local bonds and millages are also in the balance. Here's a link to the spreadsheet.

 

Voters in Michigan's 83 co...

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 06/30/2022) State lawmakers Thursday passed a $19.6 billion School Aid Fund budget, the largest K-12 state aid budget to Michigan schools in state history by 15%.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 06/07/2022) Amid the "Critical Race Theory" debate nationally and in Michigan, the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee moved legislation banning "race or gender stereotyping" from the classroom – but not before Democrats walked out.

At one southern Macomb County Higher school, an advanced English literature teacher once offered Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" as an independent reading option for her older high school students.