kalamazoo promise

Today on Stateside, Michigan students are improving their academic performance in comparison to peers in other states. We'll talk about what that tells us…

The Kalamazoo Promise reaches a milestone this June.This is first class of graduating seniors that have gone from kindergarten through high school with…

Starting in 2018, Flint high school students will get some help to pay for college.The Consumers Energy Foundation and Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores are…

There’s new legislation that may help more Flint school children go to college.Ten Michigan communities are designated as so-called "promise zones."The…

Kalamazoo is getting $70 million from philanthropists and others that will be used to create a foundation to help solve the city's budget woes, and cut…

The Next IdeaWhen I was ten years old, Kalamazoo was voted the All-American city by the National Civic League. We deserved it. We made the greatest…

A new study shows the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship has "significantly" increased college enrollment and graduation rates.The study says 48% of…

This Week in Michigan Politics, Jack Lessenberry and Christina Shockley discuss roads funding in the final days before lawmakers leave for the summer, the…

The Kalamazoo Promise, an anonymous benefactor, is providing four-year-scholarships to almost all of the students who graduate from Kalamazoo Public…

The Kalamazoo Promise is expanding to include more than a dozen private colleges in Michigan.The Promise provides scholarship money for Kalamazoo public…