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Critics linked DeSantis's education crackdown to donations from the DeVos clan and other deep-pocketed conservatives.

Former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, an avid and longtime proponent of school choice, headlined a virtual kick-off on Feb. 2 for a GOP-supported ballot measure opponents argue would suck funds out of public schools. “I trust parents and I believe in students. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be a shared value in Lansing,” DeVos […]

Millionaire candidates are pumping huge amounts of their own cash into the Republican gubernatorial primary in what could be a very pricey race.

Millionaire candidates are pumping huge amounts of their own cash into the Republican gubernatorial primary in what could be a very pricey race.

The Trump era has fueled a resurgence in white supremacist and anti-equality forces, particularly in education.

Elizabeth Holmes became the youngest female billionaire in America thanks to her Silicon Valley startup Theranos, which was once valued at $9 billion. The company...

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Hard work, ingenuity, and the state’s colleges and universities offer fertile ground for creating and sustaining billion-dollar fortunes.

The group behind the petition drive intends to work with the GOP Legislature to evade a veto by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Critics say it’s another GOP effort to use public money for private schools that runs afoul of the Michigan Constitution.

School choice advocates are battling in the courts and Legislature to get taxpayer funding for private school tuition.