school funding

At the beginning of the school year, Jennifer Guerra spent a lot of time at two different schools for her documentary, The Education Gap. One of the…

Late last year, the state’s top education official had dire predictions for the finances of Michigan schools. He predicted the number of districts in…

The Michigan State Board of Education hopes public school funding will be a top priority for voters when they head to the polls in November.The board on…

Our State of Opportunity team has been diving into the issue school funding over the past couple months.The vast majority of Michigan K-12 schools get…

Benton Harbor Area Schools is already campaigning to get students enrolled in the fall. That’s because the district hopes to dig out of a major budget…

The Lansing school board last night approved the district's budget for next year.The $142 million spending plan is $25 million smaller than the current…

It took an intense campaign in Michigan in 2008 to get voters to approve proposal 2, allowing embryonic stem-cell research.On today's show we talk to a…

The litany of school districts in serious money trouble is long and growing longer: Buena Vista, Benton Harbor, Detroit, Pontiac, Albion.Now we hear that…

The Albion School Board voted last night to close the district’s high school.Beginning this fall, the mid-Michigan district will only serve students in…

A charter school in Muskegon County will have to repay the state close to $30,000 that, technically, the school shouldn’t have gotten in the first…