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Today we continue our story about a gun fight in Muskegon that put children’s lives at risk, and the one woman who ran into the gunfire to save the…

We've been taking a look at what research can tell us about getting ahead in America. Last week, we brought you "Five facts about achieving the American…

This week, the state legislature began its first hearings on Governor's Snyder's proposal to more than double preschool funding in Michigan over the next…

The latest Kids Count data show that roughly 11,000 teens gave birth in Michigan in 2010. Statistically speaking, teen parents are more likely to drop out…

Michigan's own Betsy DeVos is now the most powerful education official in the nation. So what does that mean for Michigan? Let's start our story in…

There’s a new blueprint for the future of school accountability in Michigan. The state’s Department of Education on Tuesday unveiled its draft plan for…

We know not all public schools are the same. Some are amazing, some are fine, and some are failing. The same is true about charter schools. And some…

I remember the first time I saw a homeless person. I was seven years old and on vacation in New York City with my family. This was New York back in the…

I've been thinking a lot about names lately - what they mean, what they project, what kinds of assumptions people make when they hear a name. So I decided…

It was February 2006, almost exactly 10 years ago, when then-governor Jennifer Granholm used her weekly radio address to urge state lawmakers to pass a…