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Millcreek and North East school districts defeated parents in court, but lost bid to have parents pay legal fees. Fee issue is at center of new fight.

On Oct. 11, Governor Whitmer signed House Bill 5703: a law that will require schools to post notices including both a provision of the Michigan School Code that reaffirms the prominence...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill that will require schools to publicly post notices regarding parents’ rights as well as a quote from the Michigan Constitution. Rick Pluta reports.

Public schools will have to post notices regarding parents’ rights and a clause from the Michigan Constitution on the role of religion and morality in education. That’s under a bill signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

A constitutionally required pamphlet intended to inform voters about Amendment 1 includes misleading and inaccurate claims. It fails to alert voters what they are really voting on, which is a property tax increase.

South Lyon school board hopefuls Miriam Corvino, Stephanie Junkulis-Pierce, Patrick Maguire and Ann Rimanelli answer questions about education issues.

One Unit 5 teacher who had her resignation rejected says she feels like a hostage now, working for the district.

Erie County Judge Erin Connelly Marucci cites precedent, says school boards have broad discretion in regulating buildings for health matters.

By Michael L. Fitzgerald, Treasurer of State It’s back to school season and State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald is excited to inform parents and grandp

Following the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Pennsylvania lawmakers approved a grant program with the goal of getting $300 million to state school districts for security upgrades. Four years after the killing of 17 people, schools in Western Pennsylvania are continuing to make