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Today, the most economically segregating school district border in the nation is the one that separates Detroit Public Schools from the Grosse Pointe…

Jack Lessenberry notes in Week in Michigan Politics Detroit's infrastructure is failing its youngest citizens. Frequent power outages to schools this…

Doctors and public health professionals certainly have a lot to say about children's health, and parent's do too. But how do these concerns translate into…

Gov. Rick Snyder hopes a new focus on promoting apprenticeships for young people will solve two of the state's problems. The first is a lack of…

Stop me if you've heard this one: Inequality is on the rise in the U.S. Most Americans know this. The rich are getting richer. The poor are just kind of…

When you know exactly what you want to study, whittling down the list of colleges can be a little easier. It was for me; by my junior year in high school,…

Last week, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy released its latest "Context and Performance" report card for Michigan schools. We mentioned the Center's…

What happens when you take high school students from a poor school and have them interact with high school students from a rich school? Well, if you're…

Research shows when parents are involved and engaged in their kids' education, it improves student achievement. Students earn higher grades and test…

When I think of kids in poverty, my mind more often than not conjures up an image of a child in some kind of urban setting. And our stories at State of…