Schools

I think this should be standard on ALL school buses.

We have heard discussions about some employers considering, or even trying, implementing four day work weeks with either or Friday or Monday being an off day. But what about schools?

If you work at a school, Red Robin wants to celebrate the end of the school year with you!

School's out early on Monday in West Michigan!

One of the biggest Netflix original series at the moment is 13 Reasons Why. With Selena Gomez as an executive producer, the show follows a high school teenager trying to figure out why his classmate killed herself.  The 13 cassette tapes she recorded before her death are the "reasons why" she committed suicide...

On Tuesday, a Senate committee approved Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, as chosen by Trump. This means she's one step closer to attaining the position. Her nomination now goes to the full Senate for consideration. According to the Washington Post, all of the (12) Republicans voted in favor of her while all the (11) Democrats, in Senate, voted against her...

Starting in the new school year, Michigan students will be required to learn CPR. The legislation, which was just passed in December, goes into effect beginning in the 2017-18 school year. The law states that health classes will have to teach CPR and how to use a defibrillator (AED - automated external defibrillators)...

Michigan is facing a shortage of substitute teachers and it's having a direct affect on schools. The Detroit Free Press says the lack of substitute teachers, ...is making it difficult for schools to cope when there are absences due to illness or family emergency, or for those times when a teacher needs to be away for training...

All those scratch-offs you bought or money you spent on trying to hit that giant Powerball jackpot is going to be put to good use. The Michigan Lottery will be contributing $889 million towards the School Aid Fund in 2016; the highest number ever contributed...

Today, Wednesday, October 7 is one of two designated "count days" as required by the State School Aid Act to determine state funding for Michigan’s K-12 public school districts. Funding is based on the total student count/attendance on those two days. Obviously, it is vitally important that our schools have all of their students in attendance since their vital state funding counts the he

It's possible that profits from Gun Lake Casino may make it possible for more Wayland students to take part in athletics. Some of the profits from casino slot machines will cover the "pay to participate" fees at Wayland middle and high schools. Before it opened,  the casino agreed to share some of its profits with the community. The school district collected over $60,000 dollars in pay t

The IBM International Foundation and the New York City Public Schools have collaborated to create the new Pathways in Technology Early College High School, which will open in September. Dubbed “P-Tech,” students can earn a standard four-year diploma, or opt to stay for two extra years — after which they’ll graduate with an associate’s degree in computer science from CUNY’s College of Technology (