Kevin Lavery

The head of the Lansing Public Schools is calling it a career.  Friday was the last day on the job for Superintendent Yvonne Caamal Canul.

The 2019 school year is well underway…but Michigan superintendents are still waiting for state lawmakers to pass a final education budget. 

The city of Lansing marked the 18th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks Wednesday with a solemn ceremony to remember the victims. 

Michigan lawmakers may be moving closer to a final K-12 education budget. 

A newly renovated performing arts school in Lansing is back open for business. 

Many Michigan teachers are returning from the Labor Day weekend with some labor issues of their own. 

Michigan’s third graders showed slight improvement in their reading scores in the 2018 school year.  However, the gains are not enough to stave off criticism of the state’s early literacy efforts.

Thousands of Michigan schools are starting a new year under a cloud of uncertainty as they wait for state lawmakers to hammer out the final K-12 education budget. 

Michigan is starting a new school year with an old problem.  The state is in the midst of a chronic teacher shortage.  A report released earlier this year by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan finds  enrollment in post-secondary teacher preparation programs has fallen by two-thirds – 66 percent – since 2008.  The crisis is forcing schools to dig deeper to fill their classrooms.

Michigan’s kids are going back to class.  This fall, more than 1 million students will step through the schoolhouse door.  Some are stepping into the spotlight.

Some parents of Nassar abuse survivors are pushing for a meeting with the new president of Michigan State University. 

The U.S. Coast Guard Band is touring the Great Lakes this summer.  On Wednesday, the ensemble co-founded by legendary march king John Phillip Sousa is giving a free concert at Okemos High School.

Editor’s Note: This is a free event, but tickets are required.  The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Okemos High School.  Register for tickets here.

The Lansing School District announced Monday afternoon that superintendent Yvonne Caamal Canul will retire on January 1, 2020.

After more than a decade in the making, Michigan’s first monument to fallen police officers will dedicated Saturday in Lansing. 

In the 1960’s, thousands of people in Lansing lost their homes.  Interstate 496 was built through the middle of the city’s historically African-American neighborhood.  The mass displacement of families altered many facets of life, including education.

Editor's Note:  The "I-496 Intersects Education" event will be held Saturday, July 27 at the Educational Child Care Center at 1715 W. Malcolm X Blvd. in Lansing.  It runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.