Kids and Education

Feature Story Bay City State Park list
Feature Story Art advocate and educator Jason Stier poses with Wally the Walleye, a public art piece crafted by dozens of Blue Water Area residents of all ages.
Longform PreK for All ensures that every 4-year-old in Michigan has access to a high-quality preschool experience, regardless of income.
Feature Story Darla Maltby has worked with student, DJ Betzner, for over eight years.

Retiring educator reflects on 30 years of meaningful work


Feature Story Voices of Youth
Innovation News EMU logo
Feature Story Friends of the Rouge Fish
Development News A Vincent van Gogh reproduction from the DIA in downtown Farmington in 2022.
Longform Homebuilding students build an entire house over the course of their school year.
Feature Story Blue Water Pride 2023.
Feature Story  The Hispanic Center of Western Michigan (HCWM) has acquired the Tri-Cities Puentes Initiative.
Longform Braylon Youker
Longform Ryan Friedholm working in Computer Integrated Manufacturing class at Saline High School.
Feature Story Tires and Treads Community Project
Feature Story This sign stands at the site of the Copper Country Intermediate School District’s first home build.

Build U.P. invests in teens and trades


Longform Whitmore Lake High School student Jayden Canter.
Longform Barbara Walters, Adam Weisman, Kasey Whitford, and Dan Johnson at Eastern Michigan University.
Longform University of Michigan associate professor Thomas McKenney and students tour the Mark W. Barker, the first commercial vessel to be built on the Great Lakes in more than 40 years, in River Rouge.

U-M leads in national effort to revitalize U.S. shipbuilding


Partner Content Boy in classroom
Feature Story All Gods Children teacher