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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.

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…

“If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands,” a woman wearing a foppish hat with a large feather sang to a group of distracted toddlers and Michigan…

Michigan's K-12 students are among the weakest academically in the U.S., and they're falling even further behind, according to a report released today by…

A new report out today from Education Trust-Midwest says some charter school authorizers in Michigan aren't doing their jobs very well.The report says…

A new report from the Education Trust-Midwest says without vast improvements to public education, Michigan is on track to become 49th in the country for…

A new pilot program in Grand Rapids will try to raise student achievement at high-poverty schools.Education Trust-Midwest announced Monday it's launching…

It's no surprise that shipping conditions on the Great Lakes are miserable, even though spring has officially sprung and the shipping season officially…

Michigan's economy may be pulling itself up and out of the Great Recession.But our schools are still mired in an "education recession" and all of our…

A new report gives Michigan failing grades for student academic progress.During the last decade, Michigan’s fourth-graders lost ground in math and…