Kids and Education

Longform Child at NEST Child Care and Parent Institute in Detroit

Michigan makes the leap to improved educational opportunities with MiLEAP


Longform Dr. Tiffany Abrego, executive director of behavioral health at the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Michigan and associate professor of psychology at Wayne State University, and Jeremiah Green, whose idea led to the Mentally Fit Program.
Feature Story Local nonprofit Blue Water Allies opened the Blue Water Ally Center in downtown Port Huron in June 2023.

Blue Water Allies provides safe space for LGBTQIA+ community


Longform Tutors working with students at Erickson Elementary in Ypsilanti.
Innovation News Ypsilanti residents Autumn and Maddie Guthrie are both former SummerWorks interns who will return to the program this summer.
Longform About one out of five children have a mental, emotional or behavioral health disorder, and only about 20 percent of those children receive care

How Michigan counties are stepping up to meet youth mental health needs


Longform About one out of five children have a mental, emotional or behavioral health disorder, and only about 20 percent of those children receive care

How Michigan counties are stepping up to meet youth mental health needs


Longform About one out of five children have a mental, emotional or behavioral health disorder, and only about 20 percent of those children receive care

How Michigan counties are stepping up to meet youth mental health needs


Longform About one out of five children have a mental, emotional or behavioral health disorder, and only about 20 percent of those children receive care

How Michigan counties are stepping up to meet youth mental health needs


Feature Story Kids n Stuff

Day Tripper: Children's play museum draws families to Albion


Longform Students and staff at HighScope.
Longform Decky Alexander, Lamarr Mitchell, Maggie Whittemore, and Meagan Raupp at the Engage @ EMU offices.
Feature Story Boys in preschool
Longform Endangered Snow People
Innovation News YCS Superintendent Alena Zachery-Ross.
Feature Story Boys in preschool

Why preschoolers living with autism benefit from early education


Innovation News Young people making music at Neutral Zone.
Longform Most of Michigan’s counties having childcare deserts, areas that have three or more families competing for one available childcare slot.