education

Over the past six weeks, I have been spending almost all of my time at a single elementary school, inside a single classroom. I've been observing, and…

Think back to when you were a kid, and how much time you spent playing outside. Maybe you wandered the neighborhood until the streetlights came on. Or…

A brief update on exactly where the state stands with the Common Core State Standards to refresh our collective memory is probably in order.Michigan’s…

Updated with audio from the show.Remember writing a paper in school? As you wrote your draft, you'd return to your argument to refresh your memory: "Where…

Finding sources, gathering tape, listening to Michiganders' of all ages, sitting in tiny chairs in classrooms: the State of Opportunity team is out in the…

Tuesday morning, at 8:30, the first bell of the year rings at Congress Elementary in Grand Rapids.Mrs. Howard is lining up her third graders.Last week,…

Almost everyone is well-qualified to offer an opinion on how to "fix" education because almost everyone has been to school or is in school now. That…

Only a handful of public schools in Grand Rapids still offer art classes of any kind. To fill the gap, the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology…

Last week, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy released its latest "Context and Performance" report card for Michigan schools. We mentioned the Center's…

Happy summer! Most school districts around the state are officially dunzo with the school year as of the end of the day today.It's doubtless many kids…