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Busing together

A partnership to make bus stops for students at district and charter schools in Detroit appears to be back on track
Detroit
23 hours ago

Dropped charters

Detroit
22 hours ago

Detroit board members decide not to renew charter, leaving 3 schools and 700 students in limbo


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One year in

Detroit
May 17, 2018

A year after Nikolai Vitti arrived in Detroit, a look back at his application shows what’s changed

Is Lemmons leaving?

Detroit
May 16, 2018

Detroit school board member Lemmons weighs leaving, slams colleagues he says listen to special interests

making their case

Detroit
May 15, 2018

As pink slips go out to Detroit principals and school leaders, some are pleading their case to the school board

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Detroit's future

tick tock

Detroit
May 14, 2018

As a school board decision looms, some Detroit charters are jumping ship. Others have their fingers crossed.

Three Detroit schools aren’t waiting around for the outcome of a debate over the future of charter schools overseen by the main Detroit…

Sweetener

Detroit
May 10, 2018

As Detroit’s schools chief celebrates new salaries, veteran teachers may want to give the district a second look

Detroit school officials took to the podium on Thursday to trumpet new pay guidelines they hope will help fill 190 teacher vacancies.

Casting their lines

Detroit
May 9, 2018

‘Come help these babies.’ Inside the Detroit district’s long-shot effort to end a crippling teacher shortage

Detroit's main district is looking for teachers who are ready, willing and able to teach.

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Detroit
May 10, 2018

As Chalkbeat Detroit grows (again), meet our newest reporter and hear how you can have your voice heard

Chalkbeat Detroit is growing again — and we’d like you, our readers, to help our team cover the story of Detroit schools in new and exciting ways.

In memorium

Detroit
May 8, 2018

Michigan school Superintendent Brian Whiston, who helped keep threatened schools open, dies at 56

Whiston, who led the state education department for three years, is best known as the architect of the partnership agreements that last year prevented the closure of 38 struggling Michigan schools.

Parent Academy

Detroit
May 7, 2018

Detroit parents can take classes in clipping coupons and writing resumes. Will they sign up?

All classes are free and open to parents, caregivers and community members but the Parent Academy program seems to be off to a slow start. A Chalkbeat reporter stopped by three classes last week, selected at random, and found no students attending any of them.

Calling names

Detroit
May 3, 2018

Detroit district board votes to change name of ‘special education,’ but not everyone agrees it’s ‘exceptional’

The Detroit board of education wants to change the name to give special needs students more "dignity."

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Detroit
April 16, 2018

Let’s solve the right problems for Detroit’s students with disabilities — not recycle old ones

I’ve spent 25 years both studying and actively trying to improve schools for students with disabilities. Segregated settings aren't the answer.

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cultural connections

New York
4 hours ago

This Bronx school threw a party for its African families. Now it’s grown into something much more

Aboudoulaye Adizetou’s phone dinged with text message after text message from her daughter. Was Adizetou bringing the…

Superintendent search

Newark
7 hours ago

Newark’s school board may pick a new superintendent today. Here’s what you need to know

The school board is expected to vote on a new superintendent at its meeting Tuesday evening.

Busing together

Detroit
23 hours ago

A partnership to make bus stops for students at district and charter schools in Detroit appears to be back on track

A city plan to boost collaboration between district and charter schools cleared a speed bump on Monday, as a district committee narrowly approved…