School closing

Andre Agassi fund ‘evicts’ Detroit school after it fails to meet its lease agreement
Detroit

16 hours ago

Michigan Schools

Detroit

23 hours ago

Report: Michigan is making little to no progress in becoming a top-performing state academically

public schools

Detroit

May 16, 2019

Open and accessible? Here’s what happened when we tried to attend 10 Detroit charter school board meetings in a month.

career track

Detroit

2 days ago

This Detroit high school will train students to be zoologists

charter funding

Detroit

May 15, 2019

Citing a history of failed schools, Michigan board questions federal charter school grants

Teaching & Classroom

How I Teach

Detroit

May 13, 2019

From genetics to robots, here’s how one Detroit science teacher brings the real world into the classroom

Joel Hockin looks at his eighth-graders and sees great potential.

teacher evaluation

Detroit

April 30, 2019

Michigan teacher evaluations won’t rely more on test scores — at least for another year

Lawmakers decided to keep the role of test scores in teacher evaluations at 25 percent, at least until next year.

Getting them to school

Detroit

April 23, 2019

Inside Detroit’s efforts to address one of the biggest obstacles to better schools: sky-high absenteeism

As the Detroit district tries to remake itself after years at the bottom of nearly every national school ranking, this is one of the problems it most needs to fix. Otherwise, the district’s other reforms, such as a new curriculum, won’t have a chance to make much impact.

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Teacher Rally

Detroit

May 14, 2019

As Detroit teachers demonstrate, they send a big message to leaders: ‘We want real raises.’

Members of the Detroit Federation of Teachers rallied outside a school board meeting to call for higher salaries.

Calendar Debate

Detroit

May 14, 2019

After backlash from teachers, Detroit district backs away from controversial calendar

The Detroit district is moving away from a school year calendar that would have included an earlier start and more training for teachers.

new leaders

Detroit

May 10, 2019

New school leaders sought for 16 Detroit schools as principals retire, resign

New faces will be in the leadership role of more than a dozen Detroit schools.

early childhood

Detroit

May 9, 2019

The 4-year-olds are alright in Michigan. The 3-year-olds, less so.

Michigan's education program for 4-year-olds is solid. Its program for 3-year-olds is non-existent.

Moving Costs

moving forward

Detroit

November 16, 2018

Frequent school changes are hurting students. Here’s how Detroit’s educators want to fix the problem.

As Detroit education leaders gathered Thursday night to find solutions to the problem of students frequently changing schools, it was clear that the…

Finding solutions

Detroit

November 7, 2018

Forum to seek solutions to Detroit’s problems with frequent school moves

The discussion, 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the main branch of the Detroit Public Library at 5201 Woodward, will be recorded and later aired on WDET's “Detroit Today” and DPTV's “American Black Journal.”

Detroit

October 10, 2018

Enrollment instability is a major reason why schools are struggling — so why isn’t anyone tracking the problem?

A Milwaukee newspaper that surveyed the education departments in all 50 states found that half don’t collect or post data on students hopping around. And of states that do collect the data, the numbers they collect are so inconsistent that making state-to-state comparisons is nearly impossible.

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Following weeks of speculation, Chicago’s new mayor Lori Lightfoot said that she’ll retain homegrown schools chief Janice Jackson in the Chicago Public Schools top job.

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Big staffing changes coming to Newark schools, as top-to-bottom overhaul begins

Superintendent Roger León said he will eliminate certain school administrator positions, while also hiring directors to oversee academics across the district.