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Monday, May 20, 2013  The school year is winding down, but contract negotiatons between Traverse City Area Public School Administrators and teachers are heating up.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Representatives from the board of education and local superintendents held a forum in traverse city to address concerns Wednesday night.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  The district is looking to cut a million dollars for the next school year.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  A shrinking budget, a million dollar shortfall, and some tough decisions face a Northern Michigan School district. Charlevoix Public Schools, like most around the state, are having to make do with less. For Charlevoix, that may mean having to close one of the three schools in the district.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Community members, parents, teachers and school board officials gathered Monday evening to discuss re-shaping education in Michigan at a public forum in Benzie County.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The Center released a new online database that provides detailed compensation data for every conventional and intermediate school district superintendent in Michigan

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Fees are going down for the Michigan Education Savings Program.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Data from 700,000 high school students shows a slight drop in graduation rates under Michigan's Merit Curriculum for those entering ninth grade with weak academic skills.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  A 7 & 4 News Special Report airs Tuesday night at 7:30 pm on 29 & 8 and again on Saturday, May 5th at 7 pm on 7 & 4

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  "It's unfair, it’s discriminatory, and it needs to change." Traverse City Area Public Schools CFO says the way the state funds your kid's education needs to change. He's not alone. A State Representative is joining him in saying Michigan's per pupil funding needs to be equitable.

Friday, January 27, 2012  The school district needs to come up with hundreds of thousands of dollars or the state may step in by sending an emergency financial manager.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  Every student counts and on Wednesday, struggling schools hoped absences were down and children were in class.

Monday, August 01, 2011  Continuing our "Schools in Crisis Series," there is finally some positive news to share with parents.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  In our continuation of our series "Schools in Crisis," 7&4 news has learned that Gaylord Area Schools will terminate 19 custodians.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  School leaders across northern Michigan are making some tough decisions in an effort to balance the budgets for the 2011-2012 school year.