The youths’ stories were part of a joint presentation with two state agencies — the Department of Education, which oversees Michigan’s more than 800 school districts and is directed by the ...

A recent report commissioned by the Michigan Department of Education has state education officials raising their eyebrows ...

The proposed dissolution of the U.S. Department of Education is likely to touch every level of public education in Michigan, education experts say, from preschoolers to high schoolers to college ...

When Michigan native and Republican megadonor Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education in a narrow Senate vote in 2017, she sparked controversy and widespread criticism, including pushback ...

The move follows the layoffs of half of the department's 4,133-member staff on March 11. Education observers in Michigan say preschoolers in Head Start, summer schoolers trying to make up pandemic ...

Michigan’s reading scores have dropped to crisis levels in the past 10 years. Republicans blame Democrats for repealing ...

Michigan U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, the Republican chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, supports shuttering or downsizing the Education Department or at least reducing its footprint.

To reform Michigan's public education system, a new report finds the state should first better structure its governance over ...

The court’s ruling puts a temporary hold on an earlier ruling by a Massachusetts judge. That ruling would have required the ...

More than 550 Michigan school districts will share $87 million to boost student literacy through new materials and professional development.

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of dismantling the Dept. of Education. While many Michigan educators are alarmed, the MI GOP says education will improve.