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Michigan is on yet another list of dubious distinction. This time, the state has some of the highest rates of school suspensions in the country. A…

If you want to make it in America, the standard advice is, go to college. People who get at least a bachelor's degree are more likely to be employed, they…

Late last summer I came up almost empty while trying to find out more about how racial differences between students and teachers affect student…

We are all products of our experiences, and for today's young people, the Great Recession was one they may never forget. In a paper first published in…

I've been spending a lot of time at Cody's Medicine and Community Health Academy in Detroit for our next State of Opportunity documentary, and I thought…

If there is one phrase you hear ad nauseam as a reporter who covers poverty, it is definitely some variant of "pull yourself up by your bootstraps." Of…

America is becoming less equal.That much is now widely acknowledged.But what can be done to improve things for the next generation?We’ve been doing this…

We'd like to thank all of the State of Opportunity and Michigan Radio fans who came out to our first Day of Opportunity! About 76 people volunteered,…

The advocacy group Children's Rights sued the state of Michigan over its foster care system more than eight years ago because of the number of kids who…

Many colleges are making more of an effort to support students who come from foster care. But Professor Angelique Day says that’s way too late for most…