Sarah Winchell Lenhoff News Today

An earlier version of the school truancy bill would have cracked down by increasing family involvement with courts.

METRO DETROIT — Michigan Sen. Ed McBroom says he’s watched schools of choice spread through the Upper Peninsula, destabilizing finances, causing competition for students and cuts among a host of districts.

Michigan public school choice has grown in the last decade. See how many people in your district use school choice.

The state is pumping millions of dollars into the education budget to help school districts fill bus driver vacancies. Even so, pay remains a hurdle, so some districts offer gas cards, rideshares and public transport options.

A recent report by the University of Michigan and Wayne State University shows housing instability in Detroit is impacting students.

Michigan teachers will no longer be evaluated based on student test scores under legislation being prepared by Democratic leaders. Critics say the current system should be tweaked, not scrapped. 

The recent East Detroit High versus Lakeview High game pitted neighbor against neighbor. Many of East Detroit’s white students used school choice laws to attend school at predominantly white Lakeview, five miles away. (Bridge Photo by Chastity Pratt Dawsey) When the high school in Eastpointe recently welcomed the football team from Lakeview High, it was a homecoming of sorts. That’s because nearly 700 students from Eastpointe actually attend school in Lakeview, a public school district fiv...