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The Dropout Prevention Act – also known as: Title I, Part H, of No Child Left Behind – is responsible for establishing the school dropout prevention program under No Child Left Behind. This part of No Child Left Behind was created to provide schools with support for retention of all students and prevention of dropouts from the most at-risk ...
It is estimated 1.2 million students annually drop out of high school in the United States, where high school graduation rates rank 19th in the world. [3] Reasons are varied and may include: to find employment, avoid bullying, family emergency, poor grades, depression and other mental illnesses, unexpected pregnancy, bad environment, lack of ...
Michigan is largely divided in the same way as many other U.S. states, but is distinct in its usage of charter townships. Michigan ranks 13th among the 50 states in terms of the number of local governmental entities. The state is divided into 83 counties, and further divided into 1,240 townships, 276 cities, and 257 villages. Additionally, the ...
State law does mandate that children must be educated, from ages 6 to 18, but no one enforces that law, the Free Press found. Michigan Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Dayna Polehanki, D ...
School disturbance laws started to become integral to school discipline in the 1990s, in response to rising fears of school violence, high-profile shootings in schools (such as the Columbine High School massacre), and passage of "zero-tolerance laws" such as the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994, following which many more police were installed in ...
Yahoo News spoke to Jurnee Hoffmeyer about hair discrimination — a day before Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the Crown Act into law, making Michigan the 20th state to ban discrimination ...
The MDE oversees public school districts in the state. The department is governed by the State Board of Education. The department is governed by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education was first provided for in the Constitution of 1850 and currently exists through the provisions of Article VIII, Section 3, of the Constitution ...
The Michigan Supreme Court overruled the Legislature on Wednesday, reinstating major changes to the state's minimum wage and paid sick leave laws, a victory for low-wage workers. In a 4-3 decision ...