Michigan Education Association
Michigan asks for a waiver of standardized testing for 2021

By Anna Liz Nichols Jan. 25, 2021 04:13 PM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan requested on Monday that standardized testing be waived for the 2020-2021 school year, after a school year marked with...

Survey: Michigan educators feel unsafe returning to school

By Anna Liz Nichols Nov. 17, 2020 12:56 PM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The majority of educators in Michigan have safety concerns and don't believe they'll be able to return to in-person learning in January,...

File-This Oct. 16, 2020, file photo shows Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaking during an event with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Beech Woods Recreation Center, in Southfield, Mich. Whitmer's administration on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, ordered high schools and colleges to stop in-person classes, closed restaurants to indoor dining and suspended organized sports — including the football playoffs — in a bid to curb the state's spiking coronavirus cases. The restrictions will begin Wednesday and last three weeks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Michigan halts classes, indoor dining as coronavirus surges

By David Eggert Nov. 15, 2020 06:01 PM EST

In a photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The governor announced additional steps to combat racism, declaring it a public health crisis and ordering state employees to complete implicit bias training as the state confronts what she called systemic inequities highlighted by the coronavirus pandemic. She also created an advisory council of Black leaders. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
Whitmer takes steps to combat racism, reports case plateau

By David Eggert Aug. 05, 2020 12:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 7, 2020 file photo, Rachel Bardes holds a sign in front of the Orange County Public Schools headquarters as teachers protest with a car parade around the administration center in downtown Orlando, Fla. As pressure mounts for teachers to return to their classrooms this fall, concerns about the pandemic are pushing many toward alternatives, including career changes, as some mobilize to delay school reopenings in areas hardest hit by the coronavirus. Teachers unions have begun pushing back on what they see as unnecessarily aggressive timetables for reopening. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)
Virus concerns nudge some teachers toward classroom exits

By Kantele Franko Jul. 21, 2020 11:03 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
The Detroit News. July 11, 2020. Not all virus aid is going to good use Members of Congress who are itching to send out...