328 Michigan public school districts and charter schools have received dollars from the new state fund to support students' mental health and bridge the digital divide.
From processing a brother's death to reflecting on life as a woman of color, students in the Ypsilanti-based nonprofit Educate Youth's after-school program captured the tumult of 2020 in the new booklet.
More than halfway through a five-year project funded by a $3 million federal grant, the HighScope Educational Research Foundation has had to find new ways to train teachers and support pupils' social-emotional health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, SummerWorks has offered young participants professional development, connections with mentors, and opportunities to learn from guest speakers about career paths in a variety of industries.
Ypsilanti Community Schools will kick off a slate of Black History Month happenings with the Zoom event, called "Just a Kid from Ypsi."
In-person learning will be available only to students/families who choose it, and remote learning will still be available.
Learning labs provide either a safe physical or virtual space for small groups of students to receive professional support as they do their school work.
College life during a pandemic is not what anyone expected, and U-M students have had to greatly adjust their expectations.
The 25 high school students on the AAACF Youth Council distribute $80,000 in grants annually. This year, for the first time, their Youth Needs Assessment covered not just Ann Arbor young people, but all young county residents.
SpellBound founder and CEO Christina York was concerned that her company might not survive the pandemic, but she and her team found a new need for SpellBound's technology.
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