Education

Coverage of schools from kindergarten through higher education, including trade and online training, and childcare.

Biology teacher Laurel Wiinikka-Buesser and botany student Elijah Acheampong in the greenhouse at Ypsilanti Community High School.

Ypsi schools’ new agriscience/botany program has students developing green thumbs

From planting an orchard to using photographs of plants for a postcard charity project, students in Ypsilanti Community Schools' new career and technical education program are getting their hands dirty.

Latest in Education
An Eastern Michigan University graduate teaches at Estabrook Elementary in Ypsilanti.
EMU expands loan repayment assistance program to include 16 additional majors

Eastern Michigan University has seen success in a pilot loan repayment assistance program for education students, so the university is now rolling that same protection out to 16 additional academic areas of study.

Ypsilanti Community High School students at the RCTC culinary arts program.
Ypsi high school culinary program receives Rachael Ray Foundation grant

Ypsilanti Community High School is one of 48 schools nationwide to receive a competitive $5,000 Rachael Ray Foundation ProStart Grow Grant supporting culinary programming.

Ypsilanti resident Vahna Paige (center) with her children Ocean Blue (left) and Reign Blue (right). Paige, who is currently pregnant with her third child, is one of Ypsi's first participants in the RxKids cash assistance program for new moms and babies.
Babies and pregnant moms eligible for cash assistance as Rx Kids program comes to Ypsi

Rx Kids provides moms with $1,500 cash assistance during their pregnancy, and $500 a month for up to 12 months after their babies are born.

Palm Leaf Club members Valerie Eaglin, Connie Mason-Taylor, Judy Jackson, Stacey Mack, Eloise Witherspoon, and Paulette Dozier.
Black women in Ypsi have been supporting community for over a century through the Palm Leaf Club

Ypsilanti's oldest African-American women's charitable organization, the Palm Leaf Club, grew out of a church club established in 1904.

Washtenaw Community College students study in the Bailey Library.
WCC receives grant to expand free textbook program

Washtenaw Community College has been awarded a new state grant that will expand a program that provides students free digital textbooks and other low-cost learning materials.

Eastern Michigan University student Avi Dragun holds a vial containing a fiber found in a Peruvian mummy.
EMU professor and students present Peruvian mummy research at international congress

An Eastern Michigan University chemistry professor and two undergraduate students presented at the 11th World Congress on Mummy Studies in Cusco, Peru.

BEST Leadership Program participant Nha Nguyen.
New program offers Washtenaw County students experience in business, entertainment, sports, and tourism

Students in the BEST leadership program gain valuable experience to take their ambitions to the next level through hands-on learning, real industry connections, and opportunities to expose their talents.

An opening event for the new electric vehicle and battery lab at Washtenaw Community College.
WCC opens new electric vehicle and battery lab to expand mobility education offerings

Building on its long-term commitment to mobility education, Washtenaw Community College has unveiled a new electric vehicle and battery laboratory.

Karen Parish-Foster, clinical educator and co-coordinator of EMU's Speech and Hearing Clinic, with graduate students Mollie Spencer and Jaidyn Hinkley.
EMU speech and hearing clinic has life-changing effects for variety of clients

From rehabilitating stroke patients to helping autistic or hearing-impaired clients communicate, EMU students and faculty are changing lives in Ypsilanti and beyond.

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