Early education

Defusing tantrums, tying laces, and changing young lives — while living under the poverty line
Detroit

June 13, 2019

What you learned

Detroit

June 12, 2019

Detroit students, parents and educators: Tell us what you learned this school year

Teacher Pay

Detroit

June 11, 2019

A pay boost is on the way for Detroit teachers after contentious negotiations make way for tentative pact

How I Teach

Detroit

June 10, 2019

‘I still love it.’ Why the Detroit district’s top teacher for 2019 still has passion after four decades as an educator.

Politics & Policy

Detroit

June 7, 2019

Michigan’s top lawyer asks court to recognize right to a ‘minimally adequate’ education in Detroit literacy lawsuit

Teaching & Classroom

Third Grade Reading

Detroit

June 3, 2019

As the school year winds down, a look at how Michigan’s third grade reading law will impact Detroit schools

Michigan law requires that beginning with the next school year, schools must hold back third graders who are a year or more behind grade level in reading.

career track

Detroit

May 20, 2019

This Detroit high school will train students to be zoologists

A charter school in Detroit wants to set its students up for success in college zoology programs.

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.

More Recent Articles

Kettering High

Detroit

June 6, 2019

Detroit’s historic Kettering High School property could get new life housing auto suppliers for new Jeep plant

The Kettering High School property could be used to house auto suppliers.

Charter Schools

Detroit

June 5, 2019

A supposedly symbolic vote put $47 million for Michigan charters in question

The vote has delayed the first grants, tightening the timeline for a handful of startup schools.

Bus Loop

Detroit

June 4, 2019

Detroit district looks to add more schools to mayor’s bus program

A bus route that was designed to draw Detroit students attending suburban schools back into the city is likely to expand for its second year.

launch michigan

Detroit

May 30, 2019

It’s yet another proposal to fix Michigan’s ‘education crisis.’ What makes this one different?

Michigan policy leaders are optimistic about the latest effort to improve the state's struggling schools. It has everything to do with who's at the table.

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.”

Student & School Performance

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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getting to graduation

Indiana

3 days ago

Once dropouts, these adults returned to high school. Now, they’re planning for college and careers.

Students from three Indianapolis Excel Center charter schools earned their diplomas Thursday evening, with many of them overcoming tremendous obstacles along the way.

'Clarity 2020'

Newark

3 days ago

Superintendent León unveils long-awaited plan to build ‘stronger, wiser’ school system

The plan, called NPS Clarity 2020, hints at some specific initiatives while calling for the redesign of nearly every aspect of the school system.

aftermath

Tennessee

3 days ago

As Memphis responds to Brandon Webber’s death, school leaders look for new ways to help students

Some have wondered what else could have been done while he was in school to prevent his death.