Education

Sunrise Oakland, a group led by Oakland County students, wants to create change in the wake of the Oxford High School shooting.

Oakland University has had mandatory vaccines since August of this year with a campus of 17,500 students. But Covid is not going away - and starting January 5, classes will start out online- for two weeks.

The city council approved spending $60,000 on a new video gaming trailer that will be brought to the high school.

The University of Michigan is mandating the COVID-19 vaccine booster for students, staff, and faculty at all three campuses, as well as for Michigan Medicine employees.

Michigan State University will require students, staff, and faculty to receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster.

Two more Wayne County students are facing charges for making threats against Metro Detroit schools.

Only clear backpacks, no lockers, and a zero tolerance policy for breaking the rules are some of the changes that await Oxford High School students when they return to class.

Students at schools across Wayne County are accused of making threats against their schools. They are facing charges.

The $250 million-campus will operate through the University of Michigan, serving as the school's latest education hub in Detroit.

FOX 2 has learned school counselors aren’t as readily available in school districts around the state. Michigan ranks 49th out of 50 states in student to counselor ratio, with 671 students for every one school counselor.

Classes at Canton High School, Plymouth High School, and Salem High School will be taught virtually next week after reports of a gun on campus prompted a lockdown Thursday.

Some students in the Oxford Community Schools district will begin returning to class for the first time since the Oxford High School shooting last week.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking for federal pandemic money to be allocated toward COVID-19 testing in Michigan schools.

At least 15 people applied at the event, and the school is looking to fill at least 40 spots. The district is looking to hire full time and part time employees. UCS will walk you through and pay for the certification process

"Virtual reality is poised to take off," said Professor Michael McVey, EMU Teacher Education Department. "They can just put on their goggles and enter into the virtual space."

"(There's) seven teachers out right now who haven’t been in school because of Covid," said student Taurean Camel Jr. "And (the principal) hasn’t told us anything (regarding) the cases."

All Detroit Public Schools will be remote on Fridays in December.

A lawsuit filed against Farmington Public Schools alleges that the district discriminates against Black teachers, students, and staff. Former Deputy School Superintendent Aaron Johnson said he witnessed racist practices for years.

Students attending classes at the district's Lathrup campus will be learning remotely for the remainder of the week after rodents and insects were spotted inside the building.