Talent & Education

A coalition of drone operators hopes to overturn the university’s ban on flying drones over U-M property — and eventually ban local drone bans across the state.

The four bills would put restrictions on the use of taxpayer money to buy and lease private property and require more financial transparency for charter schools.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) unlocks grants and student loans. Michigan leaders are split on whether requiring students to fill out the form to graduate is a good idea.

Michigan Democrats have advanced a bill that would require students to attend kindergarten. It’s unclear how many students are not attending kindergarten right now.

Weekend camps, home visits and flexible transportation options make up some of the ways Lansing School District is aiming to improve its graduation rates.

A University of Michigan regent’s house window was broken and his wife’s car was vandalized Monday morning. He called the acts anti-Semitic.

Charter schools have been in Michigan for almost 30 years. Here are some major events in their history.

In a political atmosphere where diversity, equity and inclusion programs are facing new scrutiny, U-M will no longer ask job applicants how they would contribute to those efforts.

The bill package would create more clear protocols for responding to emergencies and add student mental health support.

Michigan is 31st nationwide for broadband access, with 1 in 10 residents lacking access. Slowly but surely, though, it is spreading across rural Michigan.

This free form has the ability to unlock thousands of dollars to help students attend college.

Want to be a teacher? Michigan wants you. Here’s what to know about state programs to grow the education workforce.

The president-elect’s choice for education secretary is a big choice advocate. In Michigan, one quarter of the state’s 1.37 million public students attend a charter or school outside their district.

Staring at screens when they most needed the refining fire of in-person interactions, these now late teens to early-20-somethings missed crucial steppingstones to adulthood.

Five of the bills — which pertain to charter schools publicly posting information about salaries and displaying the names of their authorizers and management companies — already passed in the House.

Trump says he’ll close the Department of Education and crack down on ‘Marxist maniacs infecting’ colleges. Will he follow through?

The plan would require sex ed instruction to include consent, contraceptives and ‘all legally available pregnancy outcomes,’ including abortion.

Voters approved 62% of local tax requests for school bonds. Conservative regions were much more likely to reject them.

Michigan voters mostly selected Republicans to fill open seats on the State Board of Education and the boards of three universities.

Biden changed Title IX rules to protect LGBTQ kids in schools. Now, conservatives are running to change it back.