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Longform Tutors working with students at Erickson Elementary in Ypsilanti. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

New coalition seeks to raise awareness of Washtenaw County's literacy crisis

Jaishree DrepaulWednesday, February 7, 2024
Longform Decky Alexander, Lamarr Mitchell, Maggie Whittemore, and Meagan Raupp at the Engage @ EMU offices. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

EMU students work to ensure peers know their voting rights in advance of 2024 elections

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, January 31, 2024
Longform A tarantula at the EMU tarantula lab. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

EMU students' tarantula research in Colorado breaks new ground

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, December 6, 2023
Longform Lisa Gruich's Adult Transitions ESL class at Ypsilanti Township Community Center Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

Free ESL program grows rapidly after launch in Ypsi Township

Sarah RiggWednesday, November 1, 2023
Longform SRSLY Dexter's Ursula Anderson, Mia Hilliard, and Chrissie Kremzier at Dexter High School. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

Dexter coalition engages teens in preventing substance use among peers

Elinor EppersonWednesday, October 11, 2023
Longform Anthony Lutz repairing a bike at the Ypsi Bike Co-op's booth at Ypsilanti's Depot Town farmers market. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiTransportation

Ypsi Bike Co-op offers education, advocacy, and free repair help for local cyclists

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, October 4, 2023
Longform Sarah Hierman, Shannon Novara, and DarNesha Green. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

Washtenaw ISD implements school mental health programming with $2.3 million in millage funds

Natalia HoltzmanWednesday, September 27, 2023
Longform Underdawg Nation Director Deshawn Leeth. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

After going to prison at 18, Ypsi man launches nonprofit to prevent local kids from doing the same

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, September 27, 2023
Longform Beth Currans and Meghan Lechner of EMU's College In Prison program. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

EMU launches first-ever bachelor's degree program for Michigan's only women's prison

Sarah RiggWednesday, September 20, 2023
Longform Brie Nikora, Rivers Brown-Danovi, and Kelly Scott at the Ypsilanti District Library-Whittaker. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

Ypsi District Library wins ALA grant to offer Great Stories book club to underserved teens

Sarah RiggWednesday, September 13, 2023
Longform Ginny Leikam, the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission's superintendent of planning and the Natural Areas Preservation Program, at the Michigan Folk School. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiArts and Culture

Michigan Folk School set to expand traditional crafts education through Washtenaw County partnership

Natalia HoltzmanWednesday, August 23, 2023
Longform Heather Wysor at Water Street. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiSustainability

Free walking tours highlight the "re-wilding" of Ypsi's Water Street property

Rylee BarnsdaleWednesday, August 23, 2023
Longform Cathy Thorburn leading a water exercise class at Rutherford Pool. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiHealthy Communities

Ypsi's Rutherford Pool partners with Washtenaw County to meet high demand for swim lessons

Sarah RiggWednesday, August 2, 2023
Longform Jennifer Colwell and her son Miles. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

Child care is expensive and understaffed – but a new Washtenaw County coalition aims to change that

Natalia HoltzmanWednesday, July 12, 2023
Feature Story Nome B., an eighth grader in Ann Arbor Public Schools, is one of many young people who experienced mental health challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiHealthy Communities

Voices of Youth: Washtenaw County students grapple with COVID's long-term mental health effects

Felix BrownWednesday, June 21, 2023
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