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  1. GM launching summer program for Metro Detroit students

    General Motors Co. said Monday it is launching GM Student Corps, a new program that is providing paid summer internships to 110 Detroit-area high school students who will work on community service projects. They also will learn from mentors and hone career skills.

  2. Michigan aims to expand education for inmates

    After years without funding for prisoners to access higher education, the Michigan Department of Corrections is making efforts to teach community college courses and vocational training in-house to a small number of inmates who are near parole.

    • May. 20, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Buena Vista teachers to return to classrooms Monday

    Buena Vista Township — More than two dozen teachers laid off in the financially troubled Buena Vista Schools district will return to work Monday.

    • May. 20, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Students return to Buena Vista Schools after district shutdown

    Buena Vista Township — Teachers and students in the financially troubled Buena Vista Schools district are returning to the classroom after the district shut earlier this month.

    • May. 20, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    College a bad financial bet for some, study says

    College can be a bad financial investment, and a fair number of people actually should not go to college, according to a new study.

  3. Bloomfield Hills 6th-grader finalist in national Geography Bee

    Bloomfield Hills — A Metro Detroit sixth-grader is a top 10 finalist in the National Geographic Geography Bee.

    • May. 19, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Metro Detroit schools quick to use lockdowns when danger threatens

    Superintendents and principals are quick to lock down buildings and call police at the first hint of trouble. Law enforcement officials say they don’t blame school leaders, especially after the Dec. 14 shooting that killed 26 students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

    • May. 19, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Buena Vista teachers to return to classrooms Monday

    Buena Vista Township — More than two dozen teachers laid off in the financially troubled Buena Vista Schools district will return to work Monday.

    • May. 19, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Suspect arrested in Western Michigan University assaults

    Kalamazoo — Police have arrested a man suspected in two assaults on Western Michigan University's campus.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Demolition resumes after MSU building catches fire

    East Lansing — Demolition of a 113-year-old building on Michigan State University's campus has resumed after a fire burned through its roof.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Some math MEAP tests in state to be regraded

    Some students in the state will have their MEAP math tests regraded after the Michigan Department of Education discovered questions in some versions shouldn’t have been included.

    • May. 17, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Former Pontiac school superintendent reaches settlement

    Pontiac — A former superintendent of the financially troubled Pontiac School District who alleged he was fired for exposing fraud and misuse of school funds has agreed to a $100,000 settlement to drop his whistleblower lawsuit.

  4. House advances student loan rules

    Washington — The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that would link rates to financial markets.

  5. Michigan school district won't let pregnant bellies in yearbook pics

    A Michigan school district has barred two pregnant students from showing their baby bumps in the high school yearbook — a decision made to keep with the state’s abstinence-based approach to sex education, according to the superintendent.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Power outage prompts West Bloomfield to cancel classes

    West Bloomfield Township — The school district sent students home shortly after some classes began Thursday morning due to a power outage that occurred ...

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    DPS emergency manager extends his stay six months to ease transition

    Detroit — Preparing the state’s largest district for a new school year this fall will be Roy Roberts’ focus after the emergency manager agreed Wednesday to ...

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Buena Vista deficit plan OK’d, schools to reopen

    The Buena Vista School District has been granted a reprieve and may reopen as soon as Friday, the district’s superintendent said Wednesday.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Demolition on hold after MSU building catches fire

    East Lansing — Demolition of a 113-year-old building on Michigan State University's campus is on hold after a fire burned through its roof.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Some math MEAP tests to be regraded after wrong questions discovered

    Some students in the state will have their MEAP math scores regraded after the Michigan Department of Education discovered questions in some versions of the ...

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Flint public school district plans 139 layoffs

    Flint — The Flint public school district plans to lay off 139 teachers and staff at the end of the school year as part of an effort to cut costs.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Blaze erupts at MSU hall set for razing

    East Lansing — A 113-year-old building undergoing demolition on Michigan State University’s campus caught fire Wednesday evening.

  6. Buena Vista district to stay closed through Friday

    Buena Vista Township — The shuttered Buena Vista school district is expected to remain closed through the end of the week.

  7. New law lets schools with snow days schedule longer days instead of extra days

    Lansing — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation that will allow schools with too many snow days to avoid having to schedule extra days in June.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Pinched Albion to close only high school this fall

    Albion — Albion Public Schools no longer is offering students a high school education.

    • May. 16, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Novi principal suspected of DUI on school property resigns

    The Novi Community Schools Board of Education voted to accept the resignation of a school principal on administrative leave while under suspicion of driving ...

    • May. 15, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    113-year-old Morrill Hall at MSU catches fire

    East Lansing — A 113-year-old building undergoing demolition on Michigan State University’s campus caught fire Wednesday evening.

    • May. 15, 2013
    • METRO AND STATE

    Deficit elimination plan may restore aid, open Buena Vista schools

    The Buena Vista School Board approved a deficit elimination plan Tuesday night, a move that could restore state aid and allow the district to reopen.

    • May. 15, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Bill to make Michigan fund schools' mascot changes

    Lansing— Michigan lawmakers are introducing legislation requiring a state department to reimburse schools that may have to drop their American Indian ...

    • May. 14, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Harvard, Bay City school team up to improve high school’s curriculum

    Bay City — Bay City Central High School is getting help from Harvard University to improve its curriculum.

    • May. 14, 2013
    • SCHOOLS

    Pontiac schools vows layoffs under 6-year plan to close $37.7M deficit

    The Pontiac School District is pledging to make massive reductions in staff and use $6 million from an insurance settlement and $1 million in future real ...

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