Back to School Series

Proponents of publicly funded, privately run charter schools hail them as the way to keep public schools and public school teachers "on their toes" by…

Technically, Livingston Classical Academy is a "cyber school."In reality, though, the only class that will be online this year is health – which parents…

This year marks a fresh start for the newly restructured Detroit Public Schools.The district is unrolling some new, experimental programs for students.…

Figuring out all the different pots of money that go into paying for special education is complicated, but you know what’s even more complicated?...

Pinning down the average class size in Michigan's public schools is not an easy thing to do.For example, the Michigan Department of Education reports a…

The idea for today’s State of Opportunity story comes from you. After we ran a piece about how special ed placements vary from district to district,...

What happens when you're the parent of a child with special needs, and your view of how you want your child to be educated clashes with the school…

The vast majority of climate scientists agree climate change is happening and it’s mainly caused by people.A new study looks at how middle school…

College expenses are rising. There’s no doubt about that.Trying to pay for tuition, books, a place to live and more can stretch a budget to its breaking…

Most kids will head back to school this week ready to learn. But some will have to spend a good chunk of time re-learning things they forgot over the...