From a virtual program centered around writing to outdoor programs with an academic enrichment focus, Ypsilanti-area summer camps are finding new ways to engage with local youth.
Most young people have barely heard of the concept of gentrification. But a group of 13- to 21-year-olds in Ypsilanti are not only talking about it, but doing something about it, through an arts advocacy program called Staying Power.
Ypsi-based Puffer Reds will celebrate Black Music Month in June with an art contest that could net a high school student a $4,500 scholarship.
A new website from University of Michigan Poverty Solutions offers step-by-step assistance for parents to get the expanded federal Child Tax Credit, which is now worth up to $3,600 per child per year.
Beth Vonck was one of 10 teachers across the state honored with the Michigan Department of Education's Regional Teacher of the Year designation for the 2021-2022 school year. She's also up for a statewide honor, Michigan Teacher of the Year.
A new community-based nonprofit corporation, The American Center for Innovation, hopes to launch a new educational center at the former Willow Run high school and middle school campus within the next five years.
EMU's Drama and Theatre for the Young program typically stages dramatic productions in school cafeterias and auditoriums around the state. But this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program has gone virtual.
In northwest Michigan, educators, mental health professionals, and food service directors are teaming up to support the children they serve by connecting the dots between good nutrition and good mental health.
For many jobs in the technology sector, a college degree is the price of admission – and for many who may wish to pursue those jobs, that price is prohibitively high.
The Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools (RAHS) clinics embedded in Ypsilanti Community Schools and Lincoln Consolidated Schools see more than 3,000 patients per year.
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