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Michigan lawmakers have yet to further delay Michigan's tough third grade reading retention law, despite legislative efforts that would do so and growing advocacy pushing them in that direction. The rule would require schools to hold back third graders whose state test scores indicate they are a year or more behind in reading. It was set to take effect in 2020, but was put on hold because of the pandemic. Subscribe Democrats in the Michigan Senate introduced legislation March 4 that would suspend the law this school year, as well. Republicans in the Senate followed suit later in the month. Bo...

Letter to the Editor: Show teachers that society has their backs Pamela Good Print The March 29 Crain's Forum on education shines a light on many pressing issues facing teachers in Michigan. We appreciate Chad Livengood's excellent in-depth reporting on rising midyear teacher retirements, exacerbating the prospects of a teacher shortage as older teachers reach retirement age and fewer college students choose teaching as a profession. One proposed solution is to allow retired teachers to return to full-time teaching while collecting their pensions with House Bill 4375. This answer belies a muc...

Celebrate Women's History Month with Red Wings and Tigers Clubs to honor Detroit-area women and Michiganders making a difference in our community and across sports and entertainment by Brett McWethy @DetroitRedWings / DetroitRedWings.com DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers are honored to celebrate the distinguished achievements of women leaders across the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan throughout Wome...

share-square-333702 DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings are honored to celebrate the distinguished achievements of women leaders across the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan throughout Women’s History Month. March is Women's History Month -- commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history. Throughout the month, Tigers and Red Wings content and programming will document these stories, both on and off the baseball diamond and the ice. “This month, and every month, our organization is proud to honor th...

Ira Jaffe retires from law firm he founded, starts business Ira Jaffe Consulting already collecting clients Will operate in Florida and Michigan Ira Jaffe Consulting Ira Jaffe, longtime metro Detroit attorney and founder of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, has founded his own consulting firm at 81 years old. Ira Jaffe pulls his golf club cart around the country club near his winter condo in Naples, Fla., a few days a week. It's an exercise in boredom, but exercise nonetheless. The 81-year-old attorney retired from Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, the law firm he founded in 1968, at the e...