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“Have a great day at school! I love you!” That might sound like a pretty typical send off from a parent as their kid heads to the school bus. At Lincoln…

Michigan is beginning to reach a state of normalcy after the worst economic shock in a generation. Last week, the state announced the unemployment rate…

There’s been lots of talk lately about refugees, mostly about whether to let them into the U.S. and how they’re being vetted. But there is a human side to…

Pacific Standard magazine published a piece online yesterday tracing the history of OxyContin, and the rise of opiate addiction in the United States.…

Alex Muraviou and Curtis Metheny are in third grade at Erickson Elementary in Ypsilanti, and they've been best buds for years. The two have gone to the…

This week I saw two very different sides of the city of Flint.On Tuesday, Genesee County community members gathered for a Michigan Radio sponsored…

This is the story of a new movement in American education; a story about a new way of thinking about how some students learn, and how to get them to love…

Last week I wrote about concerns facing kids living in the city of Flint. The biggest concern as of late revolves around negative health impacts due to…

Hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. went way up after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. And the backlash against American Muslims is on the…

This story is part of the NPR reporting project “School Money,” a nationwide collaboration between NPR’s Ed Team and 20 member station reporters exploring…