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Locals joke that the village of Stockbridge, Michigan is a 45 minute drive from anywhere. Apart from a few small businesses there’s really nowhere to work…

As part of our State of Opportunity reporting project, Michigan Radio's Jennifer White hosted a special, hour-long call-in show examining the importance…

Kayla Gallup, a senior at Stockbridge High School, has a lot of work to do on the farm before and after school. She has to wake up at 5:45 every morning…

Less than a month ago, my parents decided to move my brother Jordan to a different school. Without hesitation, I told them that I was going too. My…

I’m the “new kid”, for the first time in my life. I moved two and a half hours away from my hometown Armada. I was starting school soon; afraid I wasn’t…

Robin Lowe Fletcher grew up in Stockbridge and she now owns one of the beauty salons in town. Fletcher and her husband have one son in high school and one…

Preschool seems to be having a moment right now. Lots of states are looking at expanding access to a pre-K education. Michigan Governor Rick Snyder just…

Remove When Gabe Schray was in middle school in Stockbridge, he admits he was kind of a mess. He got bullied, in part because he was a new kid. He moved…

After President Obama threw his cards on the table and said he wanted preschool to be available for everyone in his State of the Union address, preschool…

The schools in Stockbridge, Michigan have in some ways a sad task in educating their youth. Because Stockbridge is a rural village with very little…