Education

A new bill that's been introduced in the Michigan legislature would not only require all Michigan kids to attend kindergarten, it would also require all schools to offer full-day kindergarten.

Did I mention its for an entire month?! You could spend a whole month in Perugia, Italy learning Italian for FREE. So what's the catch? No catch! This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is being offered to Kent County residents through a scholarship provided by the Grand Rapids Sister Cities International (GRSCI) program...

As controversy continues to surround the Trump administration's policies and ideas, ArtPrize says they are "compelled to speak out" and has issued a statement sharing the mission and guiding principles of ArtPrize.

Some protesters are trading picket signs for chocolate. "Not My President" candy bars saw an increase in sales after Betsy DeVos become Education Secretary.

Michigan is facing a shortage of substitute teachers and it's having a direct affect on schools. The Detroit Free Press says the lack of substitute teachers, ...is making it difficult for schools to cope when there are absences due to illness or family emergency, or for those times when a teacher needs to be away for training...

As of today, Tuesday September 6th, all ITT Technical Institute campuses are shut down. Also, effective immediately, about 8,000 employees will lose their jobs. The shutdown comes after the U.S. Department of Education banned ITT from allowing students who receive federal aid to enroll in the school...

This past spring marked the first time that Michigan high school juniors had to take the SAT's. Prior to, it's always been the ACT's, But the results for the first SAT scores in Michigan have been released by the Department of Education...

The West Michigan VaperFest is the West Michigan vaping community's social convention, trade show, educational forum and industry networking event, running from from noon to 8 p.m. Jan. 31 at The DeltaPlex Arena & Conference Center in Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids Public Schools offer a wide variety of experiences for students of all ages. John Hemholdt of GRPS joined "The Jojo Show" this morning to talk about this week's School Choice Expo.

Summer vacation and the three-day Labor Day weekend are over as students head back to school across Michigan today. Use the hashtags #btswmi or #btswestmi on Twitter or Instagram with your back-to-school pictures from greater Grand Rapids and West Michigan. Let's show our pride pictorially about our students, children and kids.

Summer vacation and the three-day Labor Day weekend are over as students head back to school across Michigan on Tuesday. Share your pride about your students headed back to school on their first day of the 2014-2015 school year. Use the hashtags #btswmi or #btswestmi on Twitter or Instagram, and see those photos online at WFGR. We'll post those photos starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday.