Podcast appearances and mentions of ron french

February 26, 2025 ~ Michigan is grappling with a significant childcare shortage, exemplified by the rapid filling of summer camp spots in Traverse City. Bridge Michigan reporter Ron French talks with Guy and Lloyd about the two-thirds of Michigan that are designated as childcare deserts and the critical gap in care for the youngest children.

November 13, 2024 ~ Guy, Lloyd, and Jamie talk with Bridge Michigan reporter Ron French about the incredible growth in online gambling in Michigan, how the state is investing in preventing addiction, and much more!

This podcast episode featured two APE professionals interviewing Dr. French, who has been a professor in APE for many years. Dr. French credits the beginning of his journey with APE to his parent's philosophy on diversity and inclusion, which led him to UCLA where he studied what is now called adapted physical education. Dr. French has co-authored many textbooks used in the APE space on subjects like behavior management and physical education. Some of his mentors included his wife, Dr. Lisa Silliman-French, and his fifth grade teacher who ran a local YMCA club that included him as part of the team. After discussing working in research during his time at UCLA with professors who focused on motor development and APE, Dr. French reflected on how the APENS exam most strongly impacted his adapted PE career as it developed a standard in the APE field. When reviewing how he became interested in behavior management, Dr. French stated that it came from a place of survival, of dealing with students in a PE classroom setting and trying to control the classroom. His advice to young professionals was to go beyond professional collaboration and make positive connections with other professionals in the field. Strengths of APE professionals that were listed include specialization in more in depth physical education information, excellent communication skills, and the ability for collaboration between professionals. Challenges for the profession according to Dr. French include a lack of time spent with family and the need for a good statistician to help with professional research. Upon reflecting on his career, Dr. French expressed that he should have collaborated more with his chair, and dived deeper into different types of inclusion research.

April 28, 2023 ~ Ron French, Enterprise Reporter & Associate Editor for Bridge Michigan, talks with Guy Gordon about the Ann Arbor Pioneer High School production of "Oklahoma!" that will limit the use of prop guns.

After Monday's horrific school shooting in Nashville, TN, Cheyna Roth takes a look at the effectiveness of red flag laws with Bridge Michigan's Ron French. They discuss the misconceptions people have about Michigan gun owners and their stances on gun safety laws. Plus, French reviews a library book controversy in Lapeer, and questions over Attorney General Dana Nessel's decision to keep documents from high profile cases private for the time being.

After Monday's horrific school shooting in Nashville, TN, Cheyna Roth takes a look at the effectiveness of red flag laws with Bridge Michigan's Ron French. They discuss the misconceptions people have about Michigan gun owners and their stances on gun safety laws. Plus, French reviews a library book controversy in Lapeer, and questions over Attorney General Dana Nessel's decision to keep documents from high profile cases private for the time being.

March 30, 2023 ~ Ron French, Enterprise Reporter & Associate Editor for Bridge Michigan, talks with Guy Gordon about what pistol owners in Michigan's gun country think of the Democrat-pushed gun legislation.

Bridge Michigan's Ron French joins the show to discuss what a new AI program, ChatGPT, is and how it's impacting Michigan schools. Then, Washington Post reporter Will Oremus discusses what the AI program does, and how AI is quickly changing.

Bryce Huffman of Bridge Detroit and reporter Kayleigh Lickliter stop by to discuss the cost of demolitions in Detroit. Then, Ron French joins the program to talk about why residents of a town in Ottawa County voted to defund their own library.

April 18, 2022 ~ Ron French, Senior Writer for Bridge Michigan, talks with Guy Gordon about school children struggling with speech and social deficits because of COVID learning.

April 18, 2022 ~ Full Show. John Sellek, Founder and CEO of Harbor Strategic Public Affairs discusses the possibility of replacing the state GOP convention with a primary. Ron French from Bridge magazine reports on emotional and speech learning loss in young children due to masks. Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne discusses the future of restaurants coming out of the pandemic and Senior News Analyst Chris Renwick on Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announcing driving records of "victims of violence" will not be released before immediately reversing that decision.

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Pine Street Saloon! Welcome to 1234 Pine ST, where the Pine Street Saloon is located. It is like the Sesame Street of bars. This week, Skeptic Steve joins Jimi and Joei to discuss the history, lore and Joei's experiences while at the Pine Street Saloon. Thank you to Ron French at the Pine Street Saloon that sat and talked with me and allowed me to snoop around.We will be posting all the videos and pictures that we talk about in this week's episode on our Twitter and Facebook. So please be sure to follow, like and/or send a friend request to...Twitter: @PDFMHFacebook: Pleasedont Followmehome & Please Don't Follow Me Home We want to hear from you! Please write to us with suggestions, feedback, questions or your own spooky stories to be our 'Ghoul of the Week'. Pleasedontfollowmehome@gmail.com.Sources: Daniel Drew Blackburn (1816-1901) - Find A Grave MemorialThe Watcher, The Dead Files, Season 7, Episode 7Daniel Blackburn | Paso Robles Historic (pasorobleshistorymuseum.org)Pine Street Saloon | Bar | Paso Robles, California

May 26, 2021 ~ Bridge Michigan's Ron French tells Kevin Dietz about Michigan's 3rd grad read of flunk law may be extended to 4th grade next year.

May 26, 2021 ~ Full Episode. Kevin Dietz in for Guy. Dearborn Police Chief Ron Haddad discusses protests on the one year anniversary of George Floyd's death. Attorney Todd Flood talks about the lawsuit he filed against Eastern Michigan University over sexual assault coverup allegations. Detroit Deputy Mayor Conrad Mallet tells us what Mayor Duggan plans to do with money the city received from the American Rescue Plan. Ron French from Bridge Magazine on Michigan's 3rd grade or flunk law. Cinnamon Plonka, Attorney for Piston Automotive joins the show, Piston Automotive is suing the regain minority status and James Tolbert, former Flint Police Chief discusses police reform in America.

On today's show: 1:02 An update on where we stand on the Coronavirus statewide 6:05 The City of Detroit is greatly expanding testing, finding out some trends and will offer testing to barber shops, salons and dentists when they open 11:05 A protest is planned in the Capitol - again - and this time there would be arrests if people brandish weapons 14:05 The Coronavirus is decimating Michigan's budget, and one of the worst-hit areas could be our schools. Ron French from Bridge Magazine joins us to talk about the possibility of up to a 25% cut which would mean teacher layoffs, increased class sizes, and even possible district closures. Here's his piece: https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/gop-leader-25-percent-cuts-michigan-schools-coronavirus 24:25 We update you on some reopenings like Supino and Avalon 26:30 A pair of Detroit non-profits are giving away 10,000 facemasks Thanks for listening to your Daily Detroit! We're people-powered media. Join us as a member at http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit 

From our state’s major teacher shortage to large numbers of long-term substitutes, to students not making it to school (let alone the political challenges in Lansing). Michigan’s education system is in real trouble. Students are falling farther and farther behind, and this issue is one of the most important to talk about as it’s literally the future of our region and state. We do a deep with Ron French from Bridge Magazine as to why. The main pieces we talk about, if you’re following along, are here: Why do Detroit kids miss so much school? Hint: Don’t just blame the schools: https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/why-do-detroit-kids-miss-so-much-school-hint-dont-just-blame-schools After 3 years of substitute teachers, this Michigan girl may flunk 3rd grade: https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/after-3-years-substitute-teachers-michigan-girl-may-flunk-3rd-grade Also, Bridge Magazine is a non-partisan, non-profit outlet that covers issues across the state. We’re glad to be able to highlight their work. You can support them here: https://www.bridgemi.com/donate?campaign=7011U000000kzkzQAA&location=slidein Of course, we do this every day on Daily Detroit. You can get our podcast wherever fine podcasts are found, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Yhv8nSylVWxlZilRhi4X9

Greetings from Detroit, which today looks like a snowglobe-turned-dismal outdoor slushie amid a brief thaw. On today’s show, we discuss a new report from the Michigan State University College of Education that finds tht funding for Michigan’s public schools has dropped more severely than in any other state over the past quarter-century. We’re now dead last among states for total education revenue growth. The report deliberately looks at the effects of Proposal A, the 1994 state law that drastically changed public education funding in Michigan. It shifted funding from local property taxes to state property taxes, limiting the ability of local residents to determine funding levels for their own local schools. We had an in-depth interview last year about Michigan’s K-12 woes with Ron French of Bridge magazine. You can listen to it here. Elsewhere, we discuss a new initiative to redesign the streets around the Detroit Institute of Arts. The public is invited to come to the DIA and provide their feedback on plans offered by three different firms. Also covered today: Peppa Pig’s World of Play is coming to the Detroit area Eminem is starring in a virtual-reality documentary set in Detroit And the restaurant and winery chain Cooper’s Hawk is eyeing Troy as the location of its second restaurant in Michigan. And finally, our interview feature is with Detroit entrepreneur Jennyfer Crawford about her new venture. The founder of the popular All Things Detroit market has launched All Things Ticketing. Her aim is to make throwing an event simpler.

Reporters Emily Lawler, with MLive, and Ron French, with Bridge Magazine, sit down with Martin Waymire to discuss public relations tactics... what works, and what doesn't.

Ron French, reporter for Michigan's award-winning Bridge Magazine joins MASB for this episode to discuss possibilities to why Michigan didn't make it to the final round of Amazon's second world headquarters and how improved education attainment and workforce retention could have possibly yielded different results. Also in this episode, we cover college access, letter grading and student growth. This and more!