politics

Proposals for making college debt-free have become all but mandatory for Democratic candidates on the presidential primary campaign trail. Hillary Clinton…

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…

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

Update: The state House has passed the proposed School Aid budget, including the $65 million increase for early education. The annual legislative brawl…

Yesterday, the White House released its budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, and we got our first detailed look at how the President intends to pay…

President Barack Obama will be releasing his budget tomorrow. Already, organized labor and others who side with the President more often than not are…

This week, the state legislature began its first hearings on Governor's Snyder's proposal to more than double preschool funding in Michigan over the next…

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…

Governor Snyder delivered his budget proposals to the state legislature today. Here are a few highlights relevant to disadvantaged kids in Michigan: $130…

As a child growing up in 1970's and '80s Grand Rapids, I had the opportunity to try many things: basketball, flute lessons, acting, and sewing, to name a…