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School officials are working on policy changes that they say would improve students’ access to food. The changes would allow students to get an evening meal even if they aren’t in after-school care.

This is the first update to Michigan’s health education standards since 2007, and people who spoke against it were most concerned with standards on gender identity for students in grades 6-8. But state officials said parents can still opt their children out of the lessons.

Traverse City Public Schools lost its appeal to the Michigan Department of Education over a more than $700,000 student counting dispute.In the summer of…

This week, the Michigan Board of Education is scheduled to consider new social studies curriculum standards. The path these revised social studies…

State Education officials are touting programs to improve early childhood literacy.The programs help state and local educators collaborate to bring more…