State of Opportunity

In short, the answer is 'we don't really know.'Stanford University's Sean Reardon studies achievement gaps - the difference between how one group of…

Every school day hundreds of kids from Detroit travel up Woodward and many other routes on their way to Ferndale’s schools. They don't need to move to go…

Next week, Sarah Alvarez from our State of Opportunity team will explore the long shadow of a busing and integration case 40 years ago, and the way the…

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…

Over at our State of Opportunity website, we've been on Gap Watch: achievement gaps, literacy gaps, technology gaps, gender gaps, etc.Our latest…

For State of Opportunity, reporter Zak Rosen explored how childhood trauma can lead to health problems later in life. In his story, he asks you to imagine…

If you were a teacher, what would you do if a second grader won’t quiet down during story time? What if a third grader wants to go home sick, but she’s…

Think back to when you were a kid, and how much time you spent playing outside. Maybe you wandered the neighborhood until the streetlights came on. Or…

Today at 3pm on Michigan Radio, our State of Opportunity team presents its latest documentary.Dustin Dwyer takes a look at men in our society. It’s a…

State of Opportunity has a new storytelling booth that can easily go places and record lots of personal stories in one fell swoop. For its first trip I…