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Michigan’s governor announced Monday the people who will serve on a government council to involve parents in the education budget-making process.

A new government board to involve Michigan parents in the state education budget-making process is set to meet for the first time today. Colin Jackson has more.

The U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday that states can’t give taxpayer funds to some private schools while excluding religious schools. Legal experts say it won’t immediately impact Michigan, but opens the door to broader school choice.

Our kids continue to struggle because of public policy decisions in Lansing. Parents? They won’t forget.

National School Choice Week is typically a great opportunity to reflect on the difference teachers and classrooms can make in the lives of our kids.

The Michigan Democratic Party deleted a post that apologizes to parents for slamming their role in public school teachings, arguing that public education provides pupils the knowledge that society requires.

The Michigan Democratic Party post indicated the purpose of public education is to teach students "what society needs them to know."

The more school officials tested, the more COVID cases they found among mostly asymptomatic students at Norwood Elementary in the western Upper Peninsula, underscoring the challenges schools face keeping kids in class amid omicron.

 It seemed like a common-sense accountability law. A decade later, though, almost all teachers are rated effective and students’ test scores declined.

We have a solemn responsibility to the next generation.