Education

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is spending part of this week visiting Michigan K-12 schools as the new school year begins.

Michigan’s attorney general says it’s too soon to determine whether an executive order from the Governor Gretchen Whitmer violates the state constitution.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Wednesday accepting equivalent teaching certificates from other states, countries and federally recognized tribes.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Suttons Bay in northern Michigan Thursday to sign the state's new pre-K through 12th grade education budget.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday to create a new state department focused on preschool, higher education and career readiness.

As the Michigan Legislature crafts the next state budget, some school groups are hoping the Democratic majorities will come up with new revenue to support Michigan’s K-through-12 schools.

A state House committee adopted bills Thursday to restore some teacher union bargaining power as part of Michigan Democrats’ efforts to continue to undo decades of GOP labor policies.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation repealing a system that gave A-through-F grades to public schools each year.

Students who graduate from Battle Creek public schools will receive scholarships to attend a Michigan college or a historically Black college or university outside the state, officials announced Wednesday.

The Michigan Senate adopted a bill Tuesday to scrap the state’s A-F system that grades school performance in different subject areas.