NEW YORK — Nearly three years after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the false election conspiracy theories that drove the violent attack remain prevalent on social media and cable news: suitcases filled with ballots, late-night ballot dumps, dead people voting. Experts warn it will likely ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University student was accepted into the highly competitive American Library Association’s (ALA) Emerging Leaders Program. The Emerging Leaders Program is a leadership development program that enables early career librarians from across the country to ...
LANSING — During the pandemic, boards and committees across the nation implemented ways to meet despite the physical barriers COVID-19 created. Now community colleges are hoping to see pandemic meeting flexibility stay for good. During the pandemic, some boards met through multiple Zoom meetings and got creative with remote technology. The Open Meetings Act requires governmental boards to meet and vote in public so people can make comments and listen in person. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an amendment to the law in 2020 that temporarily allowed remote meetings and enabled ...
LANSING — Schools in Michigan are facing major challenges with a lack of substitutes to fill in for absent teachers. Chandra Madafferi, the Michigan Education Association president, said that the biggest problems stem from private contractors controlling the hiring and placement of ...
When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students’ math performance improved. My colleagues and I developed this online professional development program, which relies on a virtual facilitator that can — among other things — present problems to the teacher around teaching math and provide feedback on the teacher’s answers. Our goal was to enhance teachers’ mastery of knowledge and skills required to teach math effectively. These include ...
LANSING — As a lack of affordable housing in the state continues to confront low-income residents, many community college students are feeling the brunt of out-of-reach rent. The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study by the U.S. Department of Education found that, nationally, 8% of ...
