Kevin Lavery

The leader of a small mid-Michigan school district is taking some leave to serve his country.  Ithaca Public Schools Superintendent Steve Netzley is a soldier in the Michigan Army National Guard.

This is a bittersweet day for us here at WKAR.  Our friend and colleague Reginald Hardwick is spending his last day with us as our Digital News Director.  Reginald has led our news department for about two and a half years…and he’s leaving us a better team than he found us.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a $59 billion state budget.  She issued 147 line-item vetoes to block a series of Republican-supported measures.  Kevin Lavery and Cheyna Roth discuss the School Aid budget.

In the 1960’s, Interstate 496 changed the city of Lansing.  Starting in 1963, hundreds of homes and businesses in the heart of the city’s African-American neighborhood were demolished to make room for the highway.  Many people who were displaced came from families who’d moved to Lansing to find careers in the auto industry.

Michigan State University has dedicated a new business education center. 

In some Michigan communities, getting a post-secondary education feels like a distant dream.  That's why more than 50 recent college graduates are working in high schools across the state to help those students reach their goal.

The Michigan School Aid budget is a step closer to completion.  A state legislative conference committee has approved a more than $15 billion plan that now moves to the full House and Senate.

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.