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ESSER Expenditure Deadline Looms Large Over Local Schools

The deadline for spending $5.57 billion of federal money sent to Michigan school districts amid the pandemic looms large in many places that still lag behind the pace needed to allocate those dollars in time. The funding came in the form of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) program during the COVID-19 pandemic’s height, largely under President Biden’s…

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

42 outstanding public school students awarded 2023 MEA Scholarship

EAST LANSING — The Michigan Education Association announced Friday the recipients of the 2023 MEA Scholarships, honoring exemplary public school students from across the state who will be attending a Michigan public university this fall. Among the 422 applications submitted for scholarship awards this year, the MEA Scholarship Fund Trustees chose 23 new award recipients who will each receive $1,400.…

May 26, 2023

Protest by Dearborn Heights educators secures school board investigation

UPDATE (May 30) — MEA members in Dearborn Heights, including teachers, administrative assistants and paraprofessionals, have passed a no-confidence vote on Superintendent Ty Weeks by a 187-1 margin. A protest led by educators in Dearborn Heights School District #7 – joined by local parents and students along with MEA members from across the metro Detroit region – has prompted a…

May 23, 2023June 1, 2023