A coalition called Every School Day Counts has been at it since 2012.

The teachers sneaked into the shuttered school before it was to be demolished. Now the piece is on display in a museum.

Two other district staffers also lost their jobs: One for bringing a loaded gun on district property, and the other for assaulting a student.

Members of the board said they felt the resolution needed more research and input from officials.

DPSCD officials will share final recommendations with the school board by next year.

“The students would get more attention,” said a Benton Harbor fifth grader.

Democrats in the Legislature respond to calls for more transparency on how charter schools spend public money.

Jamarria Hall remains engaged in the fight to improve schools: ‘​​I want to change education,’ he says. ‘If you look at the last century, education has not changed at all.’

Districts would have more power, and test scores would not be a factor.

The event was invitation-only, and a video will be available at a later date.

Officials say the proposal is meant to ease the disruption that results when families switch schools midyear.

Some advocates call for a larger overhaul of the system for determining who is eligible for special education.

Anna Mayotte, a fifth grade English teacher at Gardner Elementary School, shares how she improves and promotes literacy in her classroom.

One board member who voted no had previously questioned why a Black-owned contractor wasn’t considered for the demolition work.

State funding helped expand the rolls of social workers, counselors, nurses, and psychologists serving students.