Education

Coverage of schools from pre-k and kindergarten through higher education, including trade and online classes.

Grant Recipients in Washington D.C.

Grant allows Mid Michigan students to hop barriers, travel to D.C.

With help from a grant, a group of first-generation, low income, and disabled students from Mid Michigan College were able to explore the nation's capital. 

Latest in Education
Jodi Stuber believes all kids possess unbridled potential

At Hopewell Ranch, special needs kids, veterans, and others with diverse needs can shed their labels and reach their potential. 

A girl gets ready to throw a soccer ball at PEAK after school program in Mt. Pleasant
It takes a community to run an after school program

Peak provides after school and summer child care for residents through the support of community partners. In turn, they're teaching kids how to give back to that same community. 

Members of the Refugee Development Center's support group for refugee girls in Lansing.
How can we address Michigan students’ desperate need for behavioral health services?

One in five children is affected by mental illness, but getting students access to the mental health resources they need is a challenge.

Morey Courts puts out call for players in its new basketball league for high school girls

Building on the success of a similar boys' program, Morey Courts welcomes its first fall girls basketball league. 

Mile Marker 29 on the MidMichigan Bike Pathway
Q&A with the CMU student who rode his bike 4000 miles for charity

John Maus fell in love with cycling for the freedom it gave him as a teen. Now he rides to give kids with heart problems a lifetime of freedom.

Classrooms at Morey FlexTech include open seating
Focused and flexible: Mid-Michigan students enjoy more options in 2018-19

From project-based learning to skilled trades training, Isabella county students have more educational options than ever before, and their good fortune is a potential boon for the region's future economy. 

Geamill Gibson and her son buy produce using a doctor's prescription at the Flint Farmers Market.
Prescriptions for nutrition: How culinary medicine is advancing health equity in Michigan

For many people, it's not always easy to find and buy fresh food. Culinary medicine initiatives aim to address that by increasing access to healthy food and building awareness of the importance of nutrition.

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