teachers

There’s now a financial rescue plan for Detroit public schools. But the district's problems go way beyond money: Test scores are among the worst in the…

The Detroit public school district is in desperate need of a lifeline. It’s drowning in debt, and Lansing can’t agree on what a bailout should look like.…

On average, kids in the U.S. spend around 943 hours each year in the classroom.And in those hours, teachers are expected to educate them and keep them…

We're going to go out on a limb here and say most parents want to know how their child's school measures up in terms of standardized test scores,…

Parents: you’ll find a note soon in your child’s backpack. Or maybe you’ll get a phone call. A gentle reminder from your child’s teacher that it’s time…

I want to give a huge shout-out to all the teachers who took our recent State of Opportunity survey about special-education training. You ROCK! We got a…

Teaching is a political act. That's what Grand Valley State University professor Amy Masko believes. "What we choose to talk about in schools and what we…

Teacher evaluations have become a hot political topic in Michigan.Chances are if you’ve heard anything about them, the discussion has been about how to…

So, is it Teacher Appreciation Day or Teacher Appreciation Week? And is it a national "holiday" or not?I can't say definitively, but it looks like both of…

Yesterday Dustin Dwyer highlighted great reporting by Lindsey Smith on teacher turnover in Muskegon Heights. As Smith reports, students in that already…