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Michigan

Young Black students frequently called n-word, ‘monkeys’ at rural Michigan school, lawsuit states

District administrators failed to protect the Black students, as young as 11, from rampant racism, according to the lawsuit

By Steve Neavling
Jul 10, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Civil Rights, News, Racism, Lawsuit, Marko Law, Livingston County, school, education, Pinckney Community Schools, Pathfinder Middle School, Navigator Upper Elementary School
Cannabis News

Detroit teacher charged after allegedly bringing marijuana gummies to juvenile jail

The 48-year-old teacher was working at the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility at the time

By Steve Neavling
Oct 23, 2023

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, marijuana, marijuana gummies, teacher, school, jail, juvenile jail
Michigan

Michigan school’s ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirt leads to lawsuit

The phrase is a coded insult that means ‘Fuck Joe Biden’

By Steve Neavling
Apr 25, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, Joe Biden, Let's Go Brandon, school, education, Tri County Area Schools, Western Michigan, First Amendment, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Metro Detroit

Detroit teacher charged after unlicensed gun fell out of his bag at school

The handgun was ‘dangerously unsecured,’ Wayne County prosecutor says

By Steve Neavling
Apr 25, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Cody High School, school, Detroit, William Kenneth Howard, gun, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy
Michigan

Michigan students plead with lawmakers to pass more gun control laws

‘I should not be here giving this speech,’ an MSU student said

By Steve Neavling
Mar 15, 2023

Tags: Michigan News, News, School, education, Michigan, gun control, Michigan Legislature, red flag law, guns
Metro Detroit

Mount Clemens boy charged with bringing knife, ‘hit list’ to school

The 10-year-old allegedly asked another juvenile to hold down a student while he stabbed him

By Steve Neavling
Dec 1, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Mt. Clemens, Macomb County, Macomb County Juvenile Court, juvenile, knife, Peter Lucido, Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Prevail Academy, school
Metro Detroit

Fundraiser launched after thieves steal truck packed with school supplies in Detroit

Hey Y’all Detroit relied on the truck to deliver nutritional food, hygiene kits, clothes, books, and school supplies

By Steve Neavling
Sep 6, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Books, education, school, Hey Y'all Detroit, Charmane Neal, fundraiser, GoFundme
Metro Detroit

Students walk out of Birmingham school to rally against anti-LGBTQ+ bills

Nearly 240 bills have been been introduced in state legislatures that would limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people

By Steve Neavling
May 16, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, LGBTQ, state House, State Senate, Michigan, students, school, Roeper Middle and Upper School, protest, Birmingham, trans people
Politics & Elections

Michigan GOP Senator condemned for falsely claiming Dems want to ‘groom and sexualize kindergartners’

Sen. Theis sounded like a QAnon nut in her diatribe about Democrats

By Steve Neavling
Apr 19, 2022

Tags: Politics & Elections, Michigan, State Senate, Mallor McMorrow, Lana Theis, Republicans, hate, LGBTQ+, school, education, fundraising, politics, election, critical race theory
Metro Detroit

Parents sue Oxford High School officials, Crumbleys over deadly shooting

By Steve Neavling
Jan 27, 2022

Tags: Detroit News, Ethan Crumbley, Oxford High School, shooting, guns, school, Ven Johnson, lawsuit, Oakland County Circuit Court
Metro Detroit

Black student files $150M racial discrimination suit against Bloomfield Hills School District

By Steve Neavling
Nov 19, 2021

Tags: Racism, discrimination, school, education, lawsuit, Bloomfield Hills High School, 14th Amendment, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
Metro Detroit

Lawmakers introduce bills to reform school disciplinary process

By Julia Forrest, Michigan Advance
Sep 17, 2021

Tags: school, michigan, betsy devos, government
Politics & Elections

Back to school in a pandemic

By Abdul El-Sayed
Sep 8, 2021

Tags: The Incision, COVID-19, pandemic, coronavirus, Michigan, school
Metro Detroit

Michigan youth groups urge inclusive sex-ed curricula

By Lily Bohlke, Michigan News Connection
Aug 30, 2021

Tags: school, school board, education, Michigan, Michigan Organization for Adolescent Sexual Health
Metro Detroit

Michigan health department urges schools to require masks as COVID-19 surges

By Lee DeVito
Aug 26, 2021

Tags: Michigan, MDHHS, COVID-19, coronavirus, school, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Metro Detroit

Nazi salute, insults hurled at chaotic Birmingham schools meeting over mask mandate

By Steve Neavling
Aug 19, 2021

Tags: Detroit News, Birmingham Public Schools, school, education, COVID-19, masks, Nazi salute, racism, Birmingham
Metro Detroit

Cramming for the coronavirus: Michigan’s schools are still figuring out how to deal with the pandemic

By Lee DeVito
Sep 2, 2020

Tags: Local News, Michigan, Detroit, coronavirus, COVID-19, school, college, Cover Story
Metro Detroit

Face-to-face summer school in Detroit turns Black children into 'guinea pigs,' lawsuit claims

By Steve Neavling
Jul 16, 2020

Tags: Detroit, school, education, coronavirus, Gov. Whitmer, Dr. Vitti, Michigan, lawsuit, court, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Metro Detroit

Michigan is a long way from returning to normal, despite progress in coronavirus battle, Whitmer cautions

By Steve Neavling
May 15, 2020

Tags: Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, coronavirus, COVID-19, testing. Dr. Khaldun, deaths, cases, school, sports
Metro Detroit

Michigan grapples with testing shortage, school closures, and other massive disruptions as coronavirus cases increase

By Steve Neavling
Mar 13, 2020

Tags: Coronavirus, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, Dr. Khaldun, Oakland County, Macomb County, concerts, health, sports, school, education