Put Down the Cell Phone and Watch the Pool
As summer approaches public safety and health officials in Oakland County are kicking off a water safety education campaign. Last year...
Get a Job!
Michigan’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8% this month. That is just below the national average. Michigan Works Job Center CEO Greg...
State Board Of Education To Hold Final Hearing on “Bathroom Rule”
Laura Weber Davis/WDET The State Board of Education holds its final public session Tuesday on controversial guidelines to help schools...
Is Free College Tuition Possible in Michigan?
University of Michigan Library, flickr The average four-year college graduate in Michigan has almost $30,000 in student debt. That ranks ninth...
Detroit Schools Legislation Faces Skeptical Michigan Senate
Detroit Public Schools A controversial GOP plan to overhaul Detroit’s schools has landed in the state Senate, and is getting...
Growing Numbers of High School Seniors are Taking “Gap Year” Before College
President Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, announced this week that she has been accepted to Harvard and plans to attend the storied institution...
State Board of Education President Talks DPS and LGBT Guidelines
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Detroit Public Schools teachers and students are back in the classroom after teacher sick-outs closed almost every...
Charter Schools Buck Trend and Move from Extended School Year Back to Traditional Calendar
A handful of Detroit charter schools plan to modify how long students are in school. Four schools operated by Cornerstone...
What Impact Will DPS Sick-outs Have on Bailout Legislation?
Elizabeth Garrett For the second day in a row, teachers at Detroit Public Schools have called in sick causing mass school...
DPS Closes Most Schools Again Tuesday
The Detroit Public Schools have closed more buildings again Tuesday as teachers protest pay and work conditions. Here is the...
$10 Bill Gets Image of First Female Slave to Sue a White Man and Win
The U.S. treasury announced this week that Sojourner Truth, among others, will be featured on the back of the $10 bill. Her name...
Almost All Detroit Public Schools Closed Monday Because of Teacher Sickout
Here's the list of schools DPS says will be closed Monday. A.L. Holmes Academy of Americas Ann Arbor Trail Bagley Bates...