The Michigan Legislature, after going all night on Tuesday to pass a continuation budget to avoid a government shutdown, spent Wednesday hashing out further details of the state’s K-12 schools budget ...

Later in the afternoon, the Senate Appropriations PreK-12 Subcommittee moved an amended version of its K-12 budget, Senate ...

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It’s been nearly five weeks since the government shutdown, and here in Michigan, some school leaders said children are feeling the impact the most. The pause in food and early childhood programs is ...

(AP) — In Mount Pleasant, it’s not unusual for first-grade teacher Danielle Bruursema to have a quarter of her 24 students absent on the same day, an alarmingly higher rate than just a few years ago.

The number of Michigan K-12 students who need help learning English in school is on the rise, but data tracking growth in those language skills varies widely around the state. The Michigan Department ...

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Around 9,000 more kids have been enrolled in free, universal state-funded pre-K as of October 2025 than at this time last year, though an updated enrollment percentage has not yet been calculated.

(The Center Square) – Michigan spent nearly 18% more per K-12 student in 2023, compared to 2020. California is the only state in the nation that saw a higher percentage of growth over that period.