Blog tagged as Education

Nearly 127,000 teens between the ages of 16 to 17-½ are eligible to preregister to vote, and on Tuesday the Secretary of State asked the Board of Education to help get those kids engaged.

Hearings on new charter school transparency mandates are among the first things on the agenda for Senate Education Committee Chair Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia).

Traverse City education and business groups are planning to use a $5 million grant it received in the last budget to create housing units for school employees as a way to address the region's teacher job openings.

The largest of the three unions that work for the Michigan Education Association (MEA) has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the MEA for failing to bargain in good faith.

Michigan State University (MSU) Athletic Director Alan Haller told panelists and audience members Tuesday he doesn’t believe high school students should be participating in name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation at this time, contrasting with legislation that passed the House last year.