HOUGHTON — Right now thousands of students are preparing to go to high school or have already started college. But a significant number of young people will be doing both. Many high school juniors and seniors will also be matriculating in a community college or even a world-class university, ...
It would be convenient if every student had a photographic memory, making it a snap to recall pages of text or concepts in great detail. Photographic memory is not real, but a very small portion of the population, around 2 to 10 percent of children, has something called an eidetic memory, ...
ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN, MI – Bay College unveiled a new cohort-based initiative to ease the transition into college for first-time Dual Enrollment (DE) and Early College (EC) students. Launching Fall 2025, the program features specially designed online course sections that provide extra academic and personal support to high school students taking their first college classes. Each course will be taught by experienced instructors working with high school learners and passionate about student development. "You spoke, we listened," said Jessica LaMarch, Director of Dual Enrollment and ...
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced Friday the publication of a national case study by Results for America recognizing the MI Tri-Share Child Care program as an innovative, effective solution for expanding access to affordable child care. The study highlights MI Tri-Share as a promising, scalable approach for states seeking to address child care challenges through innovative and sustainable private-public partnerships. “The MI Tri-Share program is proof of what’s possible when we bring bipartisan commitment and ...
ESCANABA & IRON MOUNTAIN – Bay College Faculty and Administration announced the successful completion of a new three-year contract agreement. According to a Bay College press release, the contract was finalized after eight months of collaborative negotiations, led by Chief Negotiators Amber Kinonen, President of the Faculty Association, and Amy Reddinger, vice president of academic affairs. Notably, the contract process played a pivotal role. The team engaged in a very different way of negotiating – leaning fully into interest-based bargaining – and worked without the benefit of a ...
LANSING — Michigan school superintendents in the Dearborn, Dexter, Harrison and Huron Valley school districts are among the seven semifinalists for the state’s top education leader position. The semifinalists for the state superintendent job also include Virginia’s former top education ...
