education reform

Today, some residents of Detroit neighborhoods try to get answers about concrete smashing operations near their homes. Also, Michigan’s Legislature turns its attention to interventions for kids' dyslexia and other kinds of reading delays. Plus, what’s cooking at the Dixboro Project. We’ll meet the new executive chef and partner Garret Lipar, who dazzled Detroiters at the micro-sized restaurant Albena.

The biggest takeaways from an annual report on racial disparities in educational outcomes for Michigan students. A preview of a trio of botanical art installations blooming in Detroit this spring and summer. Plus, the Michigan man behind one of the most iconic innovations in processed food - the Pop-Tart. And, just how warm will the Great Lakes get this summer.

A bill introduced in the State Senate by Dayna Polehanki, a Democrat from Livonia, would make kindergarten mandatory. Currently, students in the state don’t have to attend school until first grade.

Today's guests joined us to discuss the use of seclusion and restraint in Michigan schools. Students who struggle to regulate their emotions are sometimes physically restrained or isolated, but these tactics are often a threat to children with disabilities.

On today's show, we took a look at Michigan's third-grade reading law, and how it's disproportionately holding back Black and low-income students. Then, an update on new development plans for the area surrounding Little Caesars Arena. We ended on a conversation with newly-appointed judge Allie Greenleaf Maldonado, the first Native person to serve on Michigan's Court of Appeals.

Finding the right therapist can be especially hard for patients from marginalized communities. We heard about an effort to fix that. Then, the story of how a backyard boxing ring in the U.P. Plus, two education experts on project-based learning.

On today's show, we heard about the events that went down at the Michigan GOP convention over the weekend. Two educators dished on their new book. A report from Interlochen Public Radio looked into bad behaving tourists. Then, Michigan Radio reporter Briana Rice gave an update on a mass shooter in Detroit.

MSU researchers say pandemic makes this a "wild card" year for third grade reading law.

The Education Trust-Midwest continues its quest to prod our state's leaders to do what is needed to improve our schools.The nonpartisan research and…

A school reform plan implemented in Michigan in 2012 didn't actually improve schools.That’s according to a new working paper published this week by the…