Department of Education

Today, we talk to Dan Kildee about the fast-paced Harris campaign. Then, we speak to a professor of entomology about a nostalgic summer sight: lightning bugs. Plus: what's going on with FAFSA?

How the Board of Education is reacting to restructuring of the Michigan Department of Education, the history of one of the first African Americans to settle in the Lansing area and an artifact from his life, and a series on how opiate settlement money is being spent across Michigan.

With the school year coming up, we covered the state's new Michigan School Meals program and the complications and importance of equipping classrooms with school supplies.

The Legislature’s auditor general says the Michigan Department of Education is falling short when it comes to making sure schools are conducting required criminal background checks.

Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was an advocate for education issues that are popular with many conservatives while she was at the helm in…

Traverse City Public Schools lost its appeal to the Michigan Department of Education over a more than $700,000 student counting dispute.In the summer of…

Michigan is the only state failing to meet enough special education requirements to need intervention, according to a recent evaluation by federal…

Standardized testing may become less standardized for Michigan students.The Michigan Department of Education recently asked federal department to allow up…

Several Democratic state representatives are planning to introduce legislation Tuesday that would require Michigan schools to be more energy efficient,…

The state says 38 schools with persistently low test scores might not have to close by the end of the year. At least, not yet. These schools now have 60...