Ron French

There are 545 local school districts in Michigan and 56 Intermediate School Districts, or ISDs.Around 50 of those districts were in the red at the end of…

This fall, Bridge Magazine is taking a close look at the challenges Michigan faces as we try to improve our education system.The starting point for all of…

It's been just over a week since Detroit became the largest city in American history to file for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 9.Until now, that…

One in every nine kids in Michigan public schools repeated kindergarten, according to Michigan Department of Education data for the year 2010-11. That…

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that nearly 1 in 4 kids in Michigan lives in poverty. For a family of four that means living on $23,000, or…