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Education

For a good cause

ESCANABA – The Bay College/LSSU Regional Center chapter of Business Professionals of America (BPA) student club raised $800 in donations for the Local Area 1 Special Olympics program of Delta, Schoolcraft, and Menominee counties through the Chain of Love fundraiser. To participate in the ...

March is Reading Month

LANSING – As Michigan works to improve reading outcomes for all children and celebrates March is Reading Month, State Board of Education members learned more about how implementing the state’s 2024 literacy and dyslexia laws is putting Students First. Michigan Department of Education (MDE) ...

MiLEAP Awarded $395K

LANSING – The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) has been awarded a $395,000 grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to expand easy-to-reach behavioral health supports for Michigan early childhood providers. The funding will increase access to ...

Among the best

LANSING – Michigan in the last decade has ranked ninth among states in increasing student participation in Advanced Placement courses and 13th in improving scores that are high enough for students to possibly qualify for college credits, according to data for students in the Class of 2025 ...

Swimming Suffragettes

MARQUETTE — What’s the connection between bathing suits and women’s right to vote? Join as the Marquette Regional History Center and the League of Women Voters offers a special presentation at 5:30 p.m. April 22 at the center located at 145 W Spring St. in Marquette. Carrie Moon-Dupree, ...

It’s Reading Month

HOUGHTON — In a proclamation on Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared March as Reading Month and the Portage Lake District Library (PLDL) in Houghton is doing its part in helping out kids’ literary abilities in the Keweenaw. The proclamation celebrated the birthday of American ...