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When a teen is depressed and wrestling with thoughts of suicide, the stigma associated with mental illness can be a huge barrier to reaching out for help. That's why the culture and climate at school is so crucial. Schools need teachers and administrators who know the warning signs of a mental health crisis and what to do next to support their students.
Experts, college administrators, faculty, parents and students all agree — something needs to be done to get more completions from students at Michigan’s community colleges, especially at a time when the push to go to college has never been greater.
Restorative justice is an ancient practice with new potential in school disciplinary settings. At its best, restorative justice, which focuses on righting wrongs through mediation, can be an alternative to the punitive “zero tolerance” strategies that recently have dominated school disciplinary policy, educators say.
The panel will continue targeting marijuana, underage drinking and prescription drug abuse among young people in the county while also raising awareness among adults in the community about the risk of addictions.
Officials at three area school districts say incidents of bullying or harassment reported in their buildings since Tuesday's presidential election are “isolated” incidents and are an opportunity to talk with students about respect and tolerance.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Healthy Students today awarded Flint Community Schools in Flint, Michigan a Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant totaling $480,000. The grant will be used to restore the learning environment following the water crisis that began in 2014 that left residents with lead-contaminated drinking water.
Following a Free Press story about research at Wayne State University on homeless college students, the university received a $200,000 grant in June from the Detroit-based McGregor Fund to aid such students as well as to find long-term solutions to the problem, WSU has announced.
As scrutiny over student debt and rising tuition mounts, policy makers have put more emphasis on student outcomes at Michigan's colleges and universities. One key metric: Graduation rates.
Seventeen students graduated Tuesday from a program designed to help people with mental health issues get ready to attend college. The ceremony for the Supported Education program was at the University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus.