Education

Oxford High School moved to online learning after gatherings held outside of school led to a COVID-19 outbreak, officials said.

The system’s internal messenger was used to send emails to staff and some families, the district added. No sensitive date or student information was compromised, it said. The hack was said to have originated from outside the country.

The state of Michigan reports COVID-19 outbreaks in schools each week.

University of Michigan students will return to the classroom this fall.

Sources said the teacher believed the camera on her computer was off at the time she left to go to the bathroom. A student on the Zoom call allegedly filmed the scene with their phone before posting it to social media.

Michigan's delay of hundreds of millions of federally-approved dollars intended for schools has been stretched for months over disagreements between the governor and GOP lawmakers

The COVID-19 pandemic changed education and caused students and teachers alike to adapt.

Some teachers say the hazard pay won't bring them back. "The hazard pay to me is actually an insult," Conway said. "I think it is a bribe, I think of it as blood money."

The district waited until the COVID-19 test positivity rate in Detroit had fallen below 5% before considering resuming in-person learning.

March 1 was the goal-date that Michigan's governor set for getting all districts back to classroom learning. Detroit schools has said it would wait until test positivity rates for COVID-19 fell below 5%.

While almost every district in the state is now offering in-person learning, Michigan's largest district still hasn't. It originally set a target of reopening between early and mid-March.

Parents are pushing for students to get back in class in-person, say not only is it safe, but it is also good for their emotional - and mental health.

Detroit International Academy opened its doors Wednesday to its learning centers as a start for students who need to get back into the classroom.

Detroit public schools reopened their learning centers to students and families that need services offered by the district the most on Wednesday. The superintendent says the plan is to offer some in-person learning by mid-March.

A survey of Michigan school districts found February had the largest monthly increase in districts offering face-to-face instruction. Only 15% of districts remain entirely remote.

Education leaders and school advocates expressed dismay about being "caught in the middle" of a debate between state Republicans and the governor after lawmakers declined to appropriate federal funds approved in December.

About 90% of teachers in Michigan said they planned on getting the vaccine, with two-thirds already getting one shot or scheduled to get one. That's well above the national average, a new survey shows.

The all-important Count Day for Michigan schools has arrived. Student attendance this year will determine classroom funding for the following year.