state funding

Schools that meet certain benchmarks are cleared from state academic oversight. This year, 68 schools met the criteria.

Districts now have until December 4 to decide whether to give up some legal protections and accept a portion of the state's $321 million fund for student safety and mental health.

The Michigan Department of Education released a set of guidelines for school mental health support Thursday. The guidelines use a three-tier system.

First, the loopholes in Michigan law around manufactured home parks. And a Detroit artist who just received a national grant for her boundary-pushing contributions.

Michigan Public's health reporter Kate Wells explains what the federal cuts to funds allocated in response to COVID-19 mean for Michigan.

In final days of Michigan's lame-duck session, lawmakers approved long-term funding for Detroit's streetcar, the QLine, set to last through 2039. The bill is headed to the governor's desk for a signature.

On today's show, we discussed Ford's newest round of layoffs, and decorated para-cyclist Kate Brim dished on her success. A feature from IPR covered bison farming, and Piet Oudolf talked about his trip to Oudolf Garden.

Michigan lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a proposal to repeal the state’s prevailing wage law.A 1965 law requires union-scale wages and…

Michigan ranks 8th worst in the nation for state support of public research universities. That’s according to an 8 year study by the National Science…

A new report shows a growing percentage of Michigan young people have college degrees.But one expert says the state must do more to keep those graduates…