Education

Coverage of schools from kindergarten through higher education, including trade and online classes.

Cleveland Sparrow (left) with a student working with a robot.

Michigan students discover Professional Trades careers through hands-on experience

Throughout Michigan, employers and educators are offering programs designed to provide students the tools they need to succeed in careers in the Professional Trades.

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Urban Michigan initiatives recognize racism as major factor in infant and maternal mortality

Statewide, black babies are three times more likely to die in their first year of life than white babies. But those statistics are even more alarming in many of Michigan's urban centers.

Yoga in the park in Dexter.
How Michigan’s place-based initiatives are addressing health equity at a regional level

These initiatives forge private-public collaborations to create systemic improvements in health and wellness across multiple counties.

How three Michigan groups use food to connect to culture

From Grand Rapids to Sault Ste. Marie to Detroit, Michigan organizations and activists are tapping into the value of community gardens, culturally relevant dishes and local resources to build community.

In early childhood centers, food education is hands-on

Some Michigan early childhood centers teach children the value of fresh food through hands-on gardening. From hoophouse to garden bed, these centers are planting the seeds of healthy eating for kids and their families.

A young patient at Holy Family Healthcare.
These innovative solutions are addressing the unique health challenges of rural Michigan living

Many rural Michiganders face health disparities, but multiple organizations are creating new ways of structuring rural hospitals and clinics and reaching out to rural patients.

B.C. comes together to help parents with childcare and get youngsters in preschool sooner

When parents can’t find affordable childcare, it can be difficult for them to find work that pays enough to improve their financial situation when so much of their pay goes to childcare costs. In Battle Creek, solutions are bringing results. 

Members of the Refugee Development Center's support group for refugee girls in Lansing.
How can we address Michigan students’ desperate need for behavioral health services?

One in five children is affected by mental illness, but getting students access to the mental health resources they need is a challenge.

Applicants sought for manufacturing job training program at KCC

Kellogg Advanced Manufacturing Assembly teaching technical skills for manufacturing jobs.

Geamill Gibson and her son buy produce using a doctor's prescription at the Flint Farmers Market.
Prescriptions for nutrition: How culinary medicine is advancing health equity in Michigan

For many people, it's not always easy to find and buy fresh food. Culinary medicine initiatives aim to address that by increasing access to healthy food and building awareness of the importance of nutrition.

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