A lawsuit filed by a pair of Massachusetts families is adding to the backlash against an approach to reading instruction that some schools still use despite evidence that it’s not the most effective. States around the country have been overhauling reading curricula in favor of ...
MARQUETTE — Hundreds of years ago, the Ottawa people called it Ken-O-Sha, or “water of the walleye” — a 26-mile tributary of Michigan’s Grand River where the fish were abundant. Today it’s known as Plaster Creek, a name that refers to the gypsum mines that polluted the waterway ...
WASHINGTON — The federal FAFSA form used to apply for college financial aid opened to high school seniors nationwide on Thursday, a year after a disastrous rollout by the Biden administration delayed the application for months. After weeks of testing, the Education Department says there ...
MARQUETTE — A recent audit report found that the Corrections Department offender vocational programs are effective overall. Vocational programs are career and technical programs that teach inmates employment skills to use upon their release. Such programs include carpentry, cosmetology and ...
WASHINGTON — The election of Donald Trump returns an ally of school choice to the White House, this time with a Republican-controlled Senate — and potentially House — that could be more supportive of proposals that fizzled during his first term. Although proposals to expand private ...
By ANNA ROSSOW Special to the Journal MARQUETTE — A financial incentive to attend community colleges is still being offered to a younger age group, but only for the next two months. The financial aid program called Michigan Reconnect is a tuition-free pathway to an associate’s degree ...