Links to Michigan college newspapers. Here are some solutions. The Detroit News. The state's five-tier funding system for Michigan's 15 public universities doesn't address the individual needs of those colleges, three university presidents told lawmakers. The Michigan Masons pledged Thursday to spend 200,000 hours over the next three years helping elementary school children across the state learn to read.
Some girls say they are being treated the same as boys in high school sports.
But a panel of educators is taking a look at equity in Michigan programs. Powers Catholic High School basketball players Kelly Koerber and Mandi Degroot don't think they're getting less than the boys when it comes to playing sports. The Dearborn school board voted Monday night to keep a controversial year-round program at three of the district's elementaries. In an age when work and home schedules for parents are getting more demanding, Romulus Community Schools is trying to make parenting easier. Students at McKinley Elementary School can travel all over the world without leaving the building.