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Michigan superintendents in the Dearborn, Dexter, Harrison, and Huron Valley school districts are among the seven semifinalists for the state’s top education leader position. Next week is the first round of interviews.

State Superintendent Michael Rice is urging Michigan school districts to continue offering free school meals at the start of the school year, despite uncertainty about whether the state will provide funding for the meals program.

“The power of the pandemic is that it really helped to shine a light on the needs of our young people,” said Michael Rice, superintendent of public instruction.

The U.S. Department of Education has denied Michigan's request to waive the federal requirement of year-end statewide assessments, known as state…

Many Michigan students will take some type of standardized test this school year, despite the pandemic. But there’s a lot that’s still unclear.Michigan's…

Flint Community Schools has scored a victory in a fight to get more money for special education.A state Education Department official is recommending…

For many people in Michigan, one of the most pressing issues during the coronavirus pandemic is how to handle K-12 education. Parents and kids are still…

Michigan school districts will soon be allowed to apply for millions of dollars of federal aid tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.The $13.2 billion Elementary…

Today on Stateside, debate was heated as Republican state lawmakers passed bills banning an abortion procedure known as "dilation and evacuation." Plus,…

Michigan has a new state superintendent: Michael Rice. Rice began his teaching career as a high school French teacher in the Washington D.C. public school…