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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…

The federal government has a long history of involvement in the nation's schools, particularly in the past half century, after President Lyndon Johnson…

I’m new to State of Opportunity. Before I begin writing regular posts I want to tell you a little bit about myself. It isn’t very often that readers get a…

Now that the election is over and we know who will be sitting in the Oval Office for the next four years, it seems like a good time to take a look at a…

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…

Update: 2:06 p.m.: My colleague Dustin Dwyer was surfing the web today and came across this incredibly moving song about a young father and his son who…

Michigan has a lot to be proud of - top universities, the Great Lakes, a (now) thriving car industry. Having some of the most racially segregated schools…