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I've been thinking a lot lately about standardized state tests. This fall, I spent about six weeks observing a classroom of third graders in Grand Rapids…

Michigan is in the midst of a controversy surrounding transgender people’s access to public bathrooms.It’s a hot-button issue evidenced by the nearly…

You may have noticed a paradigm shift lately in the thinking about what kids need to succeed in life. The old paradigm was all about reasoning and…

The Washington Post is convening three governors (NM, DE, MS) and several State School Superintendents to talk this morning about third grade reading…

Michigan has more reasons now than ever before to consider juvenile justice reform. Something to add to the list: a report released this week by the U.S.…

To all the Keishas, from one popular girls' name to another, I feel your pain (Kimberly is #20 in the top names over the last 100 years). We sometimes…

With award-winning restaurants and lofts going for half-a-million dollars, Detroit's midtown and downtown areas are hot right now. But the view is…

Earlier this week – mid-polar vortex, of course – more than 2,200 people filled Saginaw Valley State University’s stadium to hear transgender activist and…

We do a lot of stories about what’s not working in education, but today we’re going to flip the script and talk about a school that’s doing really well,…

It’s time to have The Talk.I know, it’s not going to be easy. Might get a little uncomfortable, maybe make you squirm a little.But it’s time; it's time to…