Author: Bridge Michigan
Opinion | Want to increase college graduates in Michigan? Expand dual enrollment
Michigan should incentivize school districts to expand dual enrollment options by changing the funding model, which currently requires districts to pay for dual enrollment out of their per-pupil allotment….
Opinion | Michigan schools need more than Mississippi
Higher-level skills are not taught through phonics alone. Thatâs why improving early decoding isnât enough to prepare kids for real-world reading and writing….
Michigan ‘a pretty sick state’ amid surge of ‘super flu,’ COVID cases
With a new âsuper fluâ circulating, more than 800 Michiganders were hospitalized with influenza as of Monday â about twice as many as last year at the same time. And many of the really sick are children….
Install cameras, beef up training â and 5 other ways to fix Michigan nursing homes
Some states demand nursing homes spend more on care and are more transparent in their finances. Michigan could do the same….
Michigan cities balk at costly 911 calls to understaffed nursing homes
Cities and townships pay thousands of dollars each year for nonemergency calls at nursing homes that fire chiefs say should be handled by nursing home staff. Now, some cities are levying fines, hoping to recoup some of the costs….