Tune in tonight when we discuss the”summer slide” and how to prevent it!

Students can lose up to a third of what they’ve learned over the summer—but there are ways to stop the summer slide and they can be a whole lot of fun. Join us tonight, June 8 from 7-8 p.m. on WJR when we hear great ideas from educators across the state, including Michigan’s newest Teacher [...]

July Voices of Michigan Education – “My Kids had Fun this Summer and it was Educational Too!”

Join us for the July edition of the Voices of Michigan Education (Tuesday, July 14  at 7 p.m. on Newstalk 760 WJR in Detroit and across the state on Saturday, July 18 – see listing of stations on right) for another thought provoking discussion of the future of our state’s education system. On our latest [...]

How do Teachers Spend their Summer Vacation?

So, what are YOU doing this summer? Are you preparing to “run” the Grand Canyon to raise money for charity, will you serve in the reserves as an Army officer? How about a trip to Guatemala to improve your Spanish, or could you be working with an AIDS orphanage in Uganda? Maybe not, but these [...]

May Show Gives Parents the Tools to Inspire Summer Reading

On the May edition of the Voices of Michigan Education, we’ll talk about how to get your kids to read again, especially this summer. Has reading become a lost part of childhood? Has technology taken over a child’s willingness to read a book? The latest MEAP tests show that math scores are up, but reading [...]