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A high poverty school in Wayne County is so afraid of the repercussions of speaking honestly about their challenges with staffing, student achievement and…

How We Talk about TraumaUsually we think of childhood trauma in terms of the social and emotional issues that can manifest later in life. Which certainly…

At the end of this week food stamp benefit levels are going to fall for the 1.75 million people in Michigan who use the program. A boost from federal…

As a Michigan Radio listener, we hope you appreciate the station’s news reporting, our community focus, and our ongoing efforts to improve our service. A…

The school-to-prison pipeline is a nationwide pattern of students being pushed out of schools and into the criminal justice system.Groups like the ACLU…

In Friday's blog posting, we started to look at representations of the poor. These representations shape the public conversation about who "deserves" help…

Michigan ranks number 35 out of 50 states in providing educational, economic, and community involvement opportunities for its citizens, according to the…

The vast majority of Michigan K-12 schools get between $7,000 - $8,000 per pupil every year. But there are some schools that get more…a lot more. We're…

New technologies are also bringing new anxieties for parents. What is all this screen time doing to children's development? Assuming that just because a…

When the order to send kids to schools outside their neighborhood came down, one of our colleagues here at Michigan Radio recalled that it was almost like…